Learners can handle the basics of daily life. They talk about routines, possessions and immediate needs using simple present-tense structures, if the other person speaks slowly and clearly.
Printable one-to-one lesson plan
have got
Use have got and has got to talk about possessions, family relationships, and personal features and to ask related questions.
Use after the complete A1 sequence, not as a lesson quiz.
Open diagnostic →15–20 minutes optional: Tutor-read have got and ordinary have listening check · Five-minute next-day have got retrieval
Derived from this lesson’s source
Lesson-specific teaching brief
This is not a second lesson registry. The plan reads the same native content that produces the learner page.
What the learner should do
Use have got and has got to talk about possessions, family relationships, and personal features and to ask related questions.
What must become clear
Have got is one conversational way to present what someone owns, what relationships or features they have, and what condition is true now. Ordinary have gives the same possession meaning and is the neutral default in U.S. English.
High-value friction points
- My brother has got a new job.Use has got with he, she, or a singular person.
- Do you have a reservation?The ordinary-have question uses do plus the base form have and contains no got.
- Do you have a charger?The ordinary-have question uses do plus have and does not add got.
Protect these lesson moments
- Three quick checks from earlier lessons
- Discovery check: choose the pattern
- Drill 1: choose the natural chunk
- Tutor-read listening check
- Drill 2: type the question word or short answer
Learner production
Resource-kit check: Use an invented kit list. Report three included items and two missing items: We've got two chargers. We haven't got any cash.
- Service desk: Ask five questions from a fictional checklist. Use both Have you got...? and ordinary U.S. Do you have...? , then answer with the matching system.
- Fictional profiles: Describe one person's family relationship, apartment feature, useful possession, and present condition with she's got or he's got .
- Possession or activity: Explain the difference between She's got a lunch meeting at one , She has lunch at one every day , and She's having lunch now .
- Same meaning, two systems: Restate They've got a printer as They have a printer , then change both systems into a question and a negative.
Carry this language into the next session
Retrieve have got in one true sentence at the next lesson.
Tutor-only contrastive support
L1 Transfer Lens
Test a pattern. Do not label a learner. Use this only after the learner’s actual production gives you evidence.
Select a first language to reveal only the contrasts relevant to this lesson.
Russian → English
One pattern to test
Choose possession, existence, or ownership
- Possible transfer
At me is a new laptop.
- English rebuild
I have a new laptop.
Why it can happen: Russian often presents possession through a location-like frame meaning that something exists with a person. English usually uses have for possession, there is for existence in a place, and possessive forms when identifying an owner.
Natural English:
- I have two sisters.
- There is a laptop on my desk, and it is my colleague’s laptop.
Ukrainian → English
One pattern to test
Distinguish have from there is
- Possible transfer
At me is a question. / In office has a printer.
- English rebuild
I have a question. / There is a printer in the office.
Why it can happen: Ukrainian can express possession with a phrase that resembles location plus existence. English normally makes the possessor the subject with have, but begins with there is or there are when the message is about existence in a place.
Natural English:
- We have two important questions.
- There are two printers near the reception desk.
Use while teaching
Operational teaching notes
Choose a route before class, but change it when the learner’s production gives you better evidence.
Ask before explaining
- Which examples in “Three quick checks from earlier lessons” express the same core meaning?
- How would you explain this decision in your own words: Have got is one conversational way to present what someone owns, what relationships or features they have, and what condition is true now. Ordinary have gives the same possession meaning and is the neutral default in U.S. English.
- What needs to change in this repair, and why: My brother has got a new job.
Correct for the stage
- Controlled work: correct immediately, then require the complete repaired sentence.
- Fluency building: note repeated errors and reformulate after the learner finishes the thought.
- Communication: interrupt only when meaning breaks down or the target decision is the lesson’s main evidence.
Retrieve, do not reteach
Retrieve have got in one true sentence at the next lesson.
Short, core, or extended
Choose the route
All three routes end in learner production. More time means more contrast and transfer, not a longer explanation.
Short route
Retrieve for 3 minutes. Notice and discover for 8. Use the two most diagnostic tasks from Three quick checks from earlier lessons and Discovery check: choose the pattern for 12. Protect 9 minutes for Learner production, then reflect for 3.
Core route
Follow the six-stage sequence below. Reduce repeated controlled items when accuracy is already stable, but keep the nearest useful contrast and final production.
Stretch route
Add Tutor-read have got and ordinary have listening check · Five-minute next-day have got retrieval, then repeat the communication task with a new situation or stricter success criteria.
45–55 minutes core working plan
Session sequence
Protect the final communication and reflection time. If the learner needs more support, reduce the number of controlled items instead of removing production.
- 5 min
Retrieve
Activate what the learner already controls and check any prerequisite language.
Teacher move: Open with the first practice route: Three quick checks from earlier lessons · Discovery check: choose the pattern · Drill 1: choose the natural chunk.
- 6–8 min
Notice
Let the learner observe meaning and form in a small sample before naming the rule.
Teacher move: Keep the noticing conversation anchored to this decision: Have got is one conversational way to present what someone owns, what relationships or features they have, and what condition is true now. Ordinary have gives the same possession meaning and is the neutral default in U.S. English.
- 8–10 min
Discover
Connect form, meaning, use, word order, and the nearest useful contrast.
Teacher move: Test the learner’s explanation against this repair: My brother has got a new job. Use has got with he, she, or a singular person.
- 12–15 min
Build + drill
Move from accurate choices to faster retrieval and sentence construction.
Teacher move: Prioritize these lesson tasks: Three quick checks from earlier lessons · Discovery check: choose the pattern · Drill 1: choose the natural chunk · Tutor-read listening check. Reduce repetitions if needed, but keep the final production time.
- 12–15 min
Communicate
Use the target language for a real adult purpose the learner cannot complete by copying.
Teacher move: Learner production: Resource-kit check: Use an invented kit list. Report three included items and two missing items: We've got two chargers. We haven't got any cash.
- 3–5 min
Reflect
Make progress visible and choose one specific next use.
Teacher move: Retrieve have got in one true sentence at the next lesson.
Tutor-only source
Listening scripts
Read these lines from the tutor plan while the learner lesson remains on screen. Each clip names the learner item it supports.
Tutor-read have got and ordinary have listening check
- Clip 1
Read: I've got a charger in my kit.
Supports: The speaker reports a charger in their fictional kit: listen a charger in my kit.
- Clip 2
Read: She's got two sisters.
Supports: The profile gives Maya a current family relationship: listen two sisters.
- Clip 3
Read: We haven't got any cash.
Supports: The group reports that its resource kit contains no cash: listen any cash.
- Clip 4
Read: Have you got a reservation?
Supports: The host uses the have-got question system to check one reservation: listen a reservation?
- Clip 5
Read: Do you have an ID?
Supports: The U.S. service worker uses the ordinary-have system to ask about identification: listen an ID?
- Clip 6
Read: I have lunch at noon every weekday.
Supports: The routine describes eating at noon, not possessing a meal: I listen lunch at noon every weekday.
Keep only useful evidence
After-lesson notes
These notes are for deliberate tutor records or printing. Nothing is stored in the learner’s browser.
The learner can now…
Write one observable use of the target language.
Still needs support with…
Record one repeated error, contrast, or point of hesitation.
Next retrieval prompt
Write one short prompt the learner will answer at the next session.
Anonymous live-lesson evidence
Learner pilot worksheet
A1 · have got
Pilot 1 of 30 recorded · 3 remaining
Date
Approximate starting level
Core lesson time
Starting evidence
What did the learner already control? What was the first misconception, hesitation, or contrast that mattered?
Did the principle become clear?
Have got is one conversational way to present what someone owns, what relationships or features they have, and what condition is true now. Ordinary have gives the same possession meaning and is the neutral default in U.S. English.
Did the first hint help?
Record the first item that caused difficulty and whether the contextual hint led to self-correction before the full repair appeared.
Could the learner do the outcome?
Use have got and has got to talk about possessions, family relationships, and personal features and to ask related questions.
Listen for: The learner uses the target language independently for a real purpose.
What remained available?
If possible, check before rereading in the next session. Record what returned independently and what still required a cue.
Keep, revise, or investigate?
Note any explanation the tutor still had to supply, the smallest useful revision, and whether another pilot should test the same issue.