How do you use have and have got?
‘have’ / ‘have got’ When we are talking about possession, relationships, illnesses and characteristics of people or things we can use either have or have got. The have got forms are more common in an informal style. Have got has the same meaning as have and both are used as present tenses.
Which is correct I’ve got or I’ve got?
It is past tense. “I’ve got” is a contraction for “ I have got” and it -can be used in a sentence this way—’i have got to take a bath.” It is present perfect. In most cases the “have” suggests the need to do something immediately (if you want to, you can think of it as “must.”
What is I have got?
When you say “I have got” something, it means that some time in the past, you received it.
What is the correct form of have got?
Forms With ‘Have Got’. ‘Have got’ is used both British and American English but is more common in British English. Note that ‘have got’ is used for possession in American English, but that ‘gotten’ is used for as the past participle for other uses of ‘get’. Subject + have + got + objects -> contracted form: ‘ve got.
What is the difference between ‘I got’ and ‘I have gotten’?
“I have got” in general is the present perfect in UK English, while “have gotten” is the US English version. It is used to mean present tense have in the sense of possession, or must. Ex. “I have got a lot of friends.”
Is I’ve Got and has got only used in British English?
It seems that have got and has got are more common in British English than in American English. That said, they are not used only in British English. Hopefully some AmE speakers will leave a comment here and give us some examples of when they prefer I have to I’ve got.
How do you use the words I got to and got to?
There are many ways to use these three words. Almost all of them involve forms of possession or necessity. “I got to” (in the present tense) is short for “I have [I’ve] got to,” meaning “I have an obligation to [do something].” “I got to” (in the past tense) means “I reached [a certain goal].”