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Ask for help > I NEED YOUR HELP,PLEASE
I NEED YOUR HELP,PLEASE
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dileking54
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I NEED YOUR HELP,PLEASE
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DEAR COLLEAGUES,
ı �M CONFUSED.I want to ask you a question. Which one is correct?
1) I have got a headache.
2) I have a headache.
When I was in university, my councellor said me the first one is correct, but I see the second one in nearly all books, especially my course book in school . I don �t know which to teach to my students. Is there an important differency? or IS IT JUST A DIFFERENCY BETWEEN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISH? |
19 Feb 2009
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Nuria08
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Both sentences are correct. It depends on whether you want to use the verb "have got" or "have"; in the first case, the question will be "Have you got a headache?" and in the second case the question will be: "Do you have a headache?"
You can teach your students either of them!
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19 Feb 2009
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alexcure
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Agree, both are correct, I �ve got a headache is spoken in England - I guess the Americans will rather say I have a headache.
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19 Feb 2009
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Zora
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"Have got" is not the Present Perfect tense.... You can �t say "I get a headache" as if you were meaning that you "have a headache"...
"You get a headache..." means that something gives you headaches!
i.e.
"You get headaches from loud noise" // "She gets headaches after drinking coffee"...
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19 Feb 2009
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Ivona
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We already discussed have got / have here:
http://www.eslprintables.com/forum/topic.asp?id=2843
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19 Feb 2009
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adina.carril
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Both are correct!!!it only depends the tense.
byeeeee |
19 Feb 2009
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kriszcsel
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A few weeks ago I made a worksheet about have and have got, check it out, hope it will be useful. (this is not an advertisment of y work, just a hand to help you) :)
http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=172269#thetop
Have a nice day you all!
Krisztina
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19 Feb 2009
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urpillay
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I agree with you. I think both are correct, the only difference is that you are using different tenses and "have got" is more used in England while "have" is more used in America. In Spain, for example, as we are closed to England we teach "have got". But in Latin America teachers teach the another variety.
INMA ALC�ZAR
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19 Feb 2009
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dileking54
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really,thanks a lot, Colleagues. YOU ARE ALL GREAT TEACHERS.THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH |
19 Feb 2009
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