Vocabulary in use vocabulary reference and practice Third Edition Elementary Michael McCarthy Felicity O’Dell

37.3
37.4
37.5
pollution
Tip
Try to listen to or watch 
the news in English 
every day.
Make a note of new 
words about global 
problems that you find.

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82
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Have / had / had
38
What can you 
have
? 
You can ...
have
breakfast lunch dinner a meal
have
a party a meeting a game
(of 
football, etc.)
have
a lesson an exam homework
have a cup of tea / coffee a drink an 
ice cream some cheese
have
a shower
/SaU@/
a bath a swim
Expressions with 
have
Is that your camera? Can I 
have a look
[
look at it
]?
Is that your bicycle? Can I 
have a go
[
ride it
]?
Goodbye! 
Have a good journey 
[
somebody is
going away
]!
Do you 
have a moment
[
have some time
]? Can I 
have a word with
you? 
[
speak to you
]
We always 
have a good time
in our English lessons.
[
fun; we enjoy them
]
I’m going to 
have my hair cut
. See you later. Can you meet me at the 
hairdresser’s? 
I want to learn to ski but I 
don’t have the time
.
Have
 + got (speaking / informal) = have (writing / formal)
I’ve 
got
three sisters. 
Have
you 
got
any brothers and sisters?
My house is big. 
It’s got
five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
We’
ve got
ten minutes before the train goes.
Have
you 
got
a pen?
(
in a shop
) A: Do you sell postcards? B: Yes, but we 
haven’t got
any at the moment.
I’
ve got
a problem. Can I have a word with you?
I’
ve got
a cold
/ 
a headache
. 
/hedeIk/
Have
 got to (speaking / informal) = have to (writing / formal)
We use 
have 
(
got
)
 to
when the situation means you are obliged to do something.
The museum’s not free. You 
have to
/ you’
ve got to 
pay $10 to go in.
All students 
have to do
an exam.
My sister needs the car, so I’
ve got to 
walk to school every day this week.
A
B
C
D
Tip
Group expressions together which belong to the same topic, for example, 
have
+ words for 
meals (
breakfast
, 
lunch
, 
dinner
), 
have
+ ‘study’ words (
an exam
, 
a test
, 
a lesson
, 
a class
), etc.
Common
 
mistakes
In the past, we use 
had to
, without ‘got’. When I was a student, I 
had to
write an essay every week 
[
NOT I had got to write an essay
].

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Exercises
83
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Fill the gaps in the sentences. Use words from A and B opposite.
1 I always have 
in the morning. 
2 I have a tennis 
every Saturday morning. My teacher is excellent.
3 Do you want to have a game of 
?
4 Evelyn’s having a 
on Saturday. Are you going?
5 Do you want to have a 
? The bathroom’s just here.
6 I have an 
tomorrow, so I have to study tonight.
7 We must have a 
to talk about these problems.
8 I’m going to the cafeteria to have a 
. Do you want to come?
9 The hotel has a swimming pool, so we can have a 
every day.
10 We can have 
before the film, or we can eat after it.
Correct the mistakes.
1 Please phone Grandma when you have the moment.
a
2 Scarlett has gone to the hairdresser’s to have cut her hair.
3 That computer game looks great. Can I have a going?
4 I want to have some words with my teacher after the lesson.
5 Mum didn’t have the times to go to the shop today.
6 They don’t have got any cake in the café today.
Complete the crossword. 
1
2
3
4
5
38.1
38.2
38.3
coffee
What do you say?
1 (
someone is thirsty
) Why don’t you have a 
?
2 (
someone is going away
) Bye! Have a 
!
3 (
someone sneezes
[
Atishoo!
] 
and has a red nose
) Oh! Have you got a 
?
4 (
someone has a new camera
) Is that new? Can I have a 
?
Answer the questions.
1 Have you got any brothers or sisters? 
2 What time do you have English lessons? 
3 What do you have for lunch?
4 Do you have to go to lessons every day?
5 How many pens have you got with you now? 
6 Do you always have a good time in your English classes? 
38.4
38.5
Across
1 You have it in a restaurant.
3 People often have one on their birthday.
5 Do you want to have a 
of tennis?
Down
2 You have it at school or university.
4 If you don’t like coffee, you can have 
.
drink
m e
a
l

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