{"id":76411,"date":"2026-11-02T16:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/?p=76411"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:07:52","slug":"to-be-or-to-have-english-have-got-and-to-be-conjugation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/to-be-or-to-have-english-have-got-and-to-be-conjugation\/","title":{"rendered":"To Be or To Have? English Have Got and To Be [Conjugation]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To be or to have? Good question! In this post, however, we will learn something much less philosophical \u2014 how to conjugate and use the English verbs <em>to be<\/em> and <em>have got<\/em> in different grammar tenses.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Is the quality of our life defined by who we are, that is, what we know, what we have done, or what we have experienced? Or is it rather our material status, how much money we have in the bank, or what we have parked under the biggest house we can afford?<\/p>\n<p>Those are very good questions, but that is not what this grammar lesson is about!<\/p>\n<h2>To be or to have got in the <em>present simple<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>From this post you will learn:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/to-be-or-to-have-english-have-got-and-to-be-conjugation\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"156\">How to conjugate <em>to be<\/em> in the English <em>present simple<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/to-be-or-to-have-english-have-got-and-to-be-conjugation\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"156\">How to conjugate <em>to have (got)<\/em>, that is, \u201cto have\u201d, in the <em>present simple<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/to-be-or-to-have-english-have-got-and-to-be-conjugation\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"156\">English <em>have got<\/em> &amp; <em>to be<\/em> in continuous tenses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/to-be-or-to-have-english-have-got-and-to-be-conjugation\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"156\">English <em>have got<\/em> &amp; <em>to be<\/em> in the past<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/to-be-or-to-have-english-have-got-and-to-be-conjugation\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"156\">English <em>have got<\/em> &amp; <em>to be<\/em> in the future<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/to-be-or-to-have-english-have-got-and-to-be-conjugation\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"156\">English <em>have got<\/em> &amp; <em>to be<\/em> in perfect tenses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/to-be-or-to-have-english-have-got-and-to-be-conjugation\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"156\">How to practise the conjugation of <em>to be &amp; to have got<\/em> best<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>But let\u2019s start with a short review.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What does a simple sentence in the <span data-speakingo-link=\"10570\"><em>present simple<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> look like?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>For example like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I <strong>like<\/strong> you.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>We <strong>like<\/strong> cars.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>but<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>He <strong>likes<\/strong> her.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>She <strong>likes<\/strong> dancing.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This means that in the <em><span data-speakingo-link=\"10570\">present simple<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em> we use the verb in its base form <em>(like)<\/em>, except in the third person singular (he, she, it), <span data-speakingo-link=\"13741\">when we add the ending <em><strong>-s<\/strong><\/em> to the verb<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> <em>(she like<strong>s<\/strong>).<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10580 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/present-simple-s.jpg\" alt=\"present simple s, have has\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;When you are learning the present simple, but you forget to add the &#8216;s&#8217; in the third person singular&#8221;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also see: <span data-speakingo-link=\"13741\">When do we use have, when has, and what is the present simple -s?<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/p>\n<p>But what if we want to say in the <em><span data-speakingo-link=\"10570\">present simple<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She <strong>is<\/strong> happy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be in English is <em>to be<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So we might expect to say<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><del><em>She be<strong>s<\/strong> happy.<\/em><\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unfortunately, it is not that easy!<\/p>\n<p>The verb <em>to be<\/em> \u2014 just like <em>to have<\/em> (about which in a moment) \u2014 follows its own rules! And that is what this post is about!<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"odmiana-angielskiego-czasownika-to-be-byc-w-czasie-present-simple\">1. To be in the <em>present simple<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The verb <strong><em>to be<\/em><\/strong> changes with the subject. In the present simple, use <strong><em>I am<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>you are<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>he\/she\/it is<\/em><\/strong>. For more than one person, use <strong><em>we are<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>they are<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These forms look different from <strong><em>to be<\/em><\/strong>. Learn them in short phrases, such as <strong><em>I am ready<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>she is happy<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You cannot just add <strong>-s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13538 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/am-is-are-kiedy.jpg\" alt=\"am is are, to be, kiedy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/am-is-are-kiedy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/am-is-are-kiedy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Also see: <span data-speakingo-link=\"13533\">Am is are? A rock lesson for beginners!<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What does it look like in practice?<\/p>\n<h3>Conjugation of the verb <em>to be<\/em> in the <em>present simple<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Affirmative sentences, questions and negatives with <em>to be<\/em> in the <span data-speakingo-link=\"10570\"><em>present simple<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> look like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(I am) <em>I <strong>am<\/strong> happy. \u2192 Am I happy? \u2192 I am not happy.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(you are) <em>You <strong>are<\/strong> happy. \u2192 Are you happy? \u2192 You are not happy.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(she is) <em>She <strong>is<\/strong> happy. \u2192 Is she happy? \u2192 She is not happy.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(he is) <em>He <strong>is<\/strong> happy. \u2192 Is he happy? \u2192 He is not happy.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(it is) <em>It <strong>is<\/strong> happy. \u2192 Is it happy? \u2192 It is not happy.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>(we are) <em>We <strong>are<\/strong> happy. \u2192 Are we happy? \u2192 We are not happy.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(you are) <em>You <strong>are<\/strong> happy. \u2192 Are you happy? \u2192 You are not happy.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(they are) They <strong>are<\/strong> happy. \u2192 Are they happy? \u2192 They are not happy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What should we pay attention to here?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our I is so special that it has its own form: <em>I <strong>am<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>She, he and it look the same: <em>she, he, it <strong>is<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>In the plural we use <strong><em>are<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Because in English \u201cyou\u201d is the same word for both singular and plural, the form is the same: <span data-speakingo-link=\"15191\"><em>you.<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> In both cases it is <em>you <strong>are<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>In questions we simply <span data-speakingo-link=\"19385\">change the word order (so-called inversion): <em>You are&#8230; &#8211; Are you&#8230;?<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/li>\n<li>In all persons, negatives are made by adding <em>not<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-598\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/znasz-juz-jezyk-angielski.jpg\" alt=\"znasz ju\u017c j\u0119zyk angielski\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/znasz-juz-jezyk-angielski.jpg 960w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/znasz-juz-jezyk-angielski-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/znasz-juz-jezyk-angielski-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Read also: <span data-speakingo-link=\"597\">Now imagine that you already know English&#8230;<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>Short forms of negatives with <em>to be<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In everyday speech, instead of the formal full form with <em>not<\/em>, you will hear:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>she is not = she isn&#8217;t<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>you are not = you aren&#8217;t<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And for \u201cI\u201d it looks a little different:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I am not = I&#8217;m not<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>How do we ask incorrectly?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>To form a yes\/no question with <strong><em>to be<\/em><\/strong>, put <strong><em>am<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>is<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>are<\/em><\/strong> before the subject. This word order is called <span data-speakingo-link=\"19385\">inversion<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>He is sad.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Is he sad?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But do not be surprised if, in practice, you hear in a film or see in a meme simply:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><del><em>He sad?<\/em><\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>People also very often just change the intonation of their voice and tadaam! A statement becomes a question!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><del><em>You are happy?<\/em><\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or, like the Joker in Batman, someone may ask:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><del><em>Why so serious?<\/em><\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(&#8220;Why are you so serious, Batman?&#8221; Although it should be: <em>Why <strong>are you<\/strong> so serious?<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a2\/Why_so_serious%3F.svg\" width=\"719\" height=\"103\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"odmiana-angielskiego-czasownika-to-be-byc-w-czasie-terazniejszym-present-simple\">2. Conjugation of the verb to have (English <em>have got<\/em>) in the <em>present simple<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>If, however, we prefer material possession over philosophical being, the matter becomes more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>In theory, when forming questions we also use <span data-speakingo-link=\"17740\">inversion<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->, but it does not always produce something sensible&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, see for yourself below.<\/p>\n<h3>Can we use \u201chave\u201d without <em>got<\/em>?<\/h3>\n<p>If we follow the general pattern, we get something like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(I have a car \u2192 Do I have a car? \u2192 I do not have a car.) <em>I have a car. \u2192<del> Have I a car? \u2192 I have not a car.<\/del><\/em><\/li>\n<li>(you have) <em>You have a car. \u2192 <del>Have you a car? \u2192 You have not a car.<\/del><\/em><\/li>\n<li>(we have) <em>We have a car. \u2192 <del>Have we a car? \u2192 We have not a car.<\/del><\/em><\/li>\n<li>(you have) <em>You have a car. \u2192 <del>Have you a car? \u2192 You have not a car.<\/del><\/em><\/li>\n<li>(they have) <em>They have a car. \u2192 <del>Have they a car? \u2192 They have not a car.<\/del><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>He, she, it<\/em> use <em>has<\/em> instead of <em>have<\/em>, but nothing else changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>(she has) <em>She has a car. \u2192<del> Has she a car? \u2192 She has not a car.<\/del><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(on has) <em>He has a car. \u2192<del> Has he a car? \u2192 He has not a car.<\/del><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(it has)<em> It has a car. \u2192<del> Has it a car? \u2192 It has not a car.<\/del><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although the questions and negatives above (the second and third columns) are completely correct, and they are taught for example by the old Callan Method textbook <span data-speakingo-link=\"899\">Callan method<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> (whose author forbade any changes to his method in his will, and language is constantly evolving), nobody says it like that nowadays, except as a joke or in very formal writing.<\/p>\n<p>That is why I crossed out those archaic forms. So how do we really say it?<\/p>\n<h3><em>Have<\/em> or <em>have got<\/em>?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In affirmative sentences with the English verb \u201cto have\u201d <em>(to have)<\/em>, we have two options: with or without the meaningless <em>got<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>\u201cHave\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201chave got\u201d<\/em> mean exactly the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I have a book.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I have got a book.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, it sounds much better if we use <em>got<\/em> in negatives and questions.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>If we add <em>got<\/em> to <em>have<\/em>, we get:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>(I have) <em>I have (got) a car. \u2192 Have I got a car? \u2192 I have not got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(you have) <em>You have (got) a car. \u2192 Have you got a car? \u2192 You have not got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(we have) <em>We have (got) a car. \u2192 Have we got a car? \u2192 We have not got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(you have) <em>You have (got) a car. \u2192 Have you got a car? \u2192 You have not got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(they have) <em>They have (got) a car. \u2192 Have they got a car? \u2192 They have not got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>He, she, it<\/em> use <em>has<\/em> instead of <em>have<\/em>, but again nothing else changes here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(she has) <em>She has (got) a car. \u2192 Has she got a car? \u2192 She has not got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(he has) <em>He has (got) a car. \u2192 Has he got a car? \u2192 He has not got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(it has) <em>It has (got) a car. \u2192 Has it got a car? \u2192 It has not got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>In everyday speech we usually use the shortened form <em>have got = &#8216;ve got<\/em>:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The full negative form sounds so formal that it almost hurts the ears!<\/p>\n<p>So we usually say:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I&#8217;ve got a car. I haven&#8217;t got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>She&#8217;s got a car. She hasn&#8217;t got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>We&#8217;ve got a car. They haven&#8217;t got a car.<\/em> etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instead of the formal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I have not got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only in questions do we not shorten anything:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Has he got a car?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unless we are asking a so-called <span data-speakingo-link=\"14778\">negative question<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Hasn&#8217;t he got a car?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But that is a completely different story.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5345\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/I-Have-Got-to-be-odmiana-angielski-policjant.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"930\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u201cAny drugs or alcohol?\u201d \u201cNo, thank you, I have everything!\u201d [Also see: <span data-speakingo-link=\"12310\">How alcohol helps in learning English \u2014 shocking scientific results<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Negatives in the <em>present simple<\/em> can also take the following form:<\/h3>\n<p><em>Got<\/em> can also slip into negatives with <em>no<\/em>, again changing nothing in the meaning of the sentence. That is why I put <em>got<\/em> in brackets \u2014 you can use it, but you do not have to. Why use it? So that the sentence sounds better, for example if we need an extra syllable in our song or poem&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I have (got) no car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You have (got) no car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>He has (got) no car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>She has (got) no car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>It has (got) no car.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And in the plural:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>We have (got) no car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You have (got) no car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>They have (got) no car.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notice that in these sentences <em>no<\/em> means more like \u201cnone\u201d than \u201cnot\u201d. And why that is, and why we do not use <em>not<\/em> there, you will learn from the post:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/no-none-not-neither-nor-cat.jpg\" alt=\"no, none, not, nope, any\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/no-none-not-neither-nor-cat.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/no-none-not-neither-nor-cat-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Not just no, but a definite no!<\/em> Also see: <em><span data-speakingo-link=\"17607\">NO or NOT? Or maybe NONE or ANY? Nope?<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><em>Do you have<\/em> or <em>have you got<\/em>?<\/h3>\n<p>In questions and negatives in the <span data-speakingo-link=\"10570\">present simple<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->, we can also ask our old good <span data-speakingo-link=\"7770\">auxiliary verb <em>do<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> for help, which we use anyway in all other cases except be and have (for example <em>Do you know her? I don&#8217;t like it<\/em> etc.).<\/p>\n<p>It will then be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I have a car. Do I have a car? \u2194 I don&#8217;t have a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You have a car. Do you have a car? \u2194 You don&#8217;t have a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>She has a car. Does she have a car? \u2194 She doesn&#8217;t have a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>He has a car. Does he have a car? \u2194 He doesn&#8217;t have a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>It has a car. Does it have a car? \u2194 It doesn&#8217;t have a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And in the plural:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>We have a car. Do we have a car? \u2194 We don&#8217;t have a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You have a car. Do you have a car? \u2194 You don&#8217;t have a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>They have a car. Do they have a car? \u2194 They don&#8217;t have a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>In general, there is no difference between:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Do you have a car? = <\/em><em>Have you got a car?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Does she have a car? = Has she got a car?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>He doesn&#8217;t have a car. = He hasn&#8217;t got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I don&#8217;t have a car. = I haven&#8217;t got a car.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and so on.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>Do<\/em> for emphasis<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Do<\/em> can also be used in affirmative sentences, where it is normally silent. It also stresses the importance of what we are saying (so-called <span data-speakingo-link=\"16852\">emphasis<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I <strong>do<\/strong> have a car<\/em> = I <strong>really<\/strong> have a car.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/nauka-jezyka-angielskiego-od-podstaw.jpg\" alt=\"nauka jezyka angielskiego od podstaw\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Also see: <span data-speakingo-link=\"9209\">Learning English from scratch. A simple plan.<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"angielski-have-got-to-be-miec-byc-w-czasach-continuous-ciaglych\">3. English <em>have got<\/em> &amp; <em>to be<\/em> in continuous tenses<\/h2>\n<p>And how will English <em>have got<\/em> and English <em>to be<\/em> behave in continuous tenses, where we put the emphasis on action and activity, and add the <span data-speakingo-link=\"17702\">ending<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> <em>-ing<\/em> to the verb?<\/p>\n<h3>English <em>have got<\/em> in the <em>present continuous<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>In the <span data-speakingo-link=\"9844\"><em>present continuous<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->, the verb <em>to have<\/em> appears, for example, in the context of eating.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I&#8217;m having a hamburger.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This sentence means \u201cI am eating a hamburger right now.\u201d We do not use <em>got<\/em> here.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the context of eating, we use this structure in sentences like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I&#8217;m having a break.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I&#8217;m having a difficult time.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>English <em>to be<\/em> in the <em>present continuous<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>This is a very elegant and rather rare structure.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I&#8217;m being told off.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>She&#8217;s being really annoying.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although it is theoretically possible, English <em>to be<\/em> very rarely appears in the continuous form. Hardly anyone would say:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I&#8217;m being malicious.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instead, we would simply say in the <span data-speakingo-link=\"10570\"><em>present simple<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I&#8217;m malicious<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And what will the conjugation of <em>to have<\/em> &amp; <em>to be<\/em> look like in other grammar tenses?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"angielski-have-got-to-be-w-czasach-przeszlych-past\">4. English <em>have got<\/em> and <em>to be<\/em> in the past<\/h2>\n<h3>The conjugation of English <em>to be<\/em> in the <em>past simple<\/em>:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>(I was sad. I was not sad. Was I sad?) <em><strong>I<\/strong> <strong>was<\/strong> sad. \u2192 I wasn&#8217;t sad. \u2192 Was I sad?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(you were) <em>You were sad. \u2192 You weren&#8217;t sad. \u2192 Were you sad?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(she was) <em><strong>She was<\/strong> sad. \u2192 She wasn&#8217;t sad. \u2192 Was she sad?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(he was) <em><strong>He was<\/strong> sad. \u2192 He wasn&#8217;t sad. \u2192 Was he sad?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(it was) <em><strong>It was<\/strong> sad. \u2192 It wasn&#8217;t sad. \u2192 Was it sad?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And in the plural:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(we were) We<em> were sad. \u2192 We weren&#8217;t sad. \u2192 Were we sad?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(you were) You<em> were sad. \u2192 You weren&#8217;t sad. \u2192 Were you sad?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(they were) They<em> were sad. \u2192 They weren&#8217;t sad. \u2192 Were they sad?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>So <strong><em>I, she, he, it was<\/em><\/strong>, and the rest is <em><strong>were.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>In the <span data-speakingo-link=\"9917\"><em>past continuous<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->, <em>to be<\/em> looks like this, for example:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>She was being dishonest.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>We were being very enthusiastic.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is also not the kind of grammar structure you hear often in the street.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14811\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kiedy-was-a-kiedy-were-odmiana-to-be-czas-przeszlym-past-simple-continuos.jpg\" alt=\"Kiedy was a kiedy were? Odmiana to be w czasie przesz\u0142ym past simple\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kiedy-was-a-kiedy-were-odmiana-to-be-czas-przeszlym-past-simple-continuos.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kiedy-was-a-kiedy-were-odmiana-to-be-czas-przeszlym-past-simple-continuos-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Also see: <span data-speakingo-link=\"14808\">When do we use was and when were? Conjugation of \u201cto be\u201d in the past simple &amp; past continuous.<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>English <em>have &amp; have got<\/em> in the <em>simple past<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The past form of the <span data-speakingo-link=\"577\">irregular verb<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> <em>to have<\/em> is <em>had<\/em>. The same for all persons.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I had a car. She had a car. We all had a car!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(I had a car. She had a car. We all had a car!)<\/p>\n<p>Or:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>We didn&#8217;t have a car. He didn&#8217;t have a car. Nobody had a car!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(We didn&#8217;t have a car. He didn&#8217;t have a car. Nobody had a car!)<\/p>\n<p>Or:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Did you have a car? Did she have a car? Who had a car?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>And what about <em>have got<\/em> in the <em>past simple<\/em> (that is, <em>had got<\/em>)?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In theory, you can use it. You simply change <em>have got<\/em> to <em>had got<\/em> in all persons.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I have got no money. \u2192 I had got no money.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;but this is not something we would really hear on the street or even in writing; it sounds rather odd, so I do not recommend it.<\/p>\n<p>Some linguists even think this form is wrong and that it can only be used in the sense of receiving something (as the third form of <em>get<\/em> in <span data-speakingo-link=\"9685\"><em>past perfect<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->: <em>get-got-<strong>got<\/strong><\/em>), for example <em>I had got a car<\/em> (I had received a car), while they consider <em>I had got a car<\/em> (meaning I had a car) to be an error. I would not worry too much about that.<\/p>\n<p>So I simply advise against using <em>got<\/em> in the <span data-speakingo-link=\"5109\"><em>simple past<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->.<\/p>\n<h3><em>To have<\/em> in the <em>past continuous<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>In the <span data-speakingo-link=\"9917\"><em>past continuous<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> we can say, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I was having a breakfast.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>She was having lots of fun.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>We were having an interesting conversation.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here, too, we do not use <em>got<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-238\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/past-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"Angielskie czasy przesz\u0142e past simple continuous\" width=\"640\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/past-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/past-768x664.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/past.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Also see: <span data-speakingo-link=\"230\">English past tenses \u2014 overview<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"angielski-have-got-to-be-w-czasach-przyszlych-future\">5. English <em>have got<\/em> and English <em>to be<\/em> in the future<\/h2>\n<h3>English <em>to be<\/em> in the <em>future simple<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>This is probably the simplest possible option: just <em>will + be<\/em> in every person:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(I will be happy. I will not be happy. Will I be happy?) <em>I will be happy. \u2192 I won&#8217;t be happy. \u2192 Will I be happy?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(you will be) <em>You will be happy. \u2192 You won&#8217;t be happy. \u2192 Will you be happy?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(she\/he\/it will be) <em>She\/he\/it will be happy. \u2192 She\/he\/it won&#8217;t be happy. \u2192 Will she\/he\/it be happy?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>(we\/you\/they will be) <em>We\/you\/they will be happy. \u2192 We\/you\/they won&#8217;t be happy. \u2192 Will we\/you\/they be happy?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>English <em>have got<\/em> in the future<\/h3>\n<p>English <em>have got<\/em> in the future looks similar to English <em>have got<\/em> in the past \u2014 in theory it is possible&#8230; but we would rather not use <em>got<\/em>, just plain <em>have<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Again, unless we mean not that we possess something, but that we have received something: <em>I will have got a present<\/em> (that is, <em>get<\/em> in the <em>future perfect<\/em>, not in ordinary <span data-speakingo-link=\"12358\"><em>future simple<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->). In American and Canadian English, however, we would more likely say <em>I have <strong>gotten<\/strong> a car<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-277 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/czasy-przyszle-will-going-to-future-continuous.jpg\" alt=\"Czytaj r\u00f3wnie\u017c o angielskich czasach przysz\u0142ych\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/czasy-przyszle-will-going-to-future-continuous.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/czasy-przyszle-will-going-to-future-continuous-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Also read about English future tenses: <span data-speakingo-link=\"276\">future simple, future continuous and going to.<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"have-got-to-be-byc-miec-angielski-czasy-perfect\">6. English have got and English to be in perfect tenses<\/h2>\n<h3>English to be in perfect tenses<\/h3>\n<p>To finish, let\u2019s make things even more complicated! In the ordinary perfect (<span data-speakingo-link=\"5154\"><em>present perfect simple<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->) we simply use the third form (<em>be \u2192 was\/were \u2192 <strong>been<\/strong><\/em>) as with any other word, that is <em>I <strong>have been<\/strong> happy<\/em>. There is no mystery here.<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>present perfect continuous<\/em>, however, since the structure already contains <em>to be<\/em> as an <span data-speakingo-link=\"14960\">auxiliary verb<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> (<em>have been<\/em>), the structure <del><em>I have been being happy<\/em><\/del> sounds too absurd to use.<\/p>\n<h3>English <em>have got<\/em> in the <em>present perfect<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Here we will definitely use <strong>just <em>had<\/em> without <em>got<\/em><\/strong>, for example <em>I have had a cake<\/em> (correct), and certainly not <del><em>I have had got a cake<\/em><\/del> (wrong).<\/p>\n<p>A structure with <em>got<\/em> in the <em>present perfect continuous<\/em> is almost impossible to imagine because it sounds so unnatural (<del><em>I have been having got a lunch for two hours<\/em><\/del> \u2014 awful!). In the <em>past perfect<\/em>, too, we would say <em>I had had a meeting<\/em> (correct), not <del><em>I had had got a meeting<\/em><\/del> (wrong).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-258 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/perfect.jpg\" alt=\"Czas present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, future perfect\" width=\"640\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/perfect.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/perfect-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Also see: <span data-speakingo-link=\"252\">Present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, future perfect&#8230; Ah, those English perfect tenses!<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"jak-najlepiej-cwiczyc-odmiane-to-be-have-got\">7. How to practise the conjugation of <em>to be &amp; to have got<\/em> best?<\/h2>\n<p>Are you already tired of all this grammar?<\/p>\n<p>I do not blame you at all!<\/p>\n<p>Especially since, if you want to use <em>have got &amp; to be<\/em> correctly, you need to learn how to use them in practice!<\/p>\n<p>That is why the best thing is to sign up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/how-to-learn-speaking-english-alone-at-home\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"13518\">spoken English course<\/a> \u2014 then, like a child, you will absorb all this grammar subconsciously and speak English freely and correctly without even thinking about it!<\/p>\n<p>That is how you build the habit of speaking correctly. Instead of thinking about the right form, you will simply say what you want to say!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I recommend the <span data-speakingo-link=\"9966\">Speakingo online English course<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->. You look at a beautiful picture, answer a native speaker\u2019s questions, and your computer or phone praises you or corrects you.<\/p>\n<p>It is not only an effective method, but also a simple and enjoyable way to learn English!<\/p>\n<p>And the best thing is to register with two clicks below and try it free for one week to see whether this method of learning English suits you!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Sign up for the Speakingo online English course!<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><button type=\"button\" id=\"openLoginModal\"  class=\"btn signup-btn \" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-redirect_to=\"\" onclick=\"doAuth(this);\">Start learning<\/button><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Do you want to understand the English? Start speaking like them!<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Phew<a href=\"https:\/\/agendaweb.org\/verbs\/be-can-do-have-worksheets-lessons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">,<\/a> now you probably know the whole English <em>have got<\/em> and <em>to be<\/em> system? So the only question left is: \u201cto be or to have?\u201d \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If anything is still unclear, ask freely in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be or to have? Good question! 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