Have & Have Got with Prepositions of Position

Have/ Have got with prepositions of positions guessing games

Ask your partner a “Do you have…?”/ “Have you got…?” question. If the answer is “Yes, I do”/ “Yes, I have” you will get a point, but if the answer is “No, I don’t”/ “No, I haven’t” you get no points.

OR

Try to make true sentences about what your partner has (got). You get one point if they say “That’s true” but no points if they say “That’s not true”.

Do the same, but this time asking or talking about what your partner has (got) in particular places like “in your pocket” and “on your balcony”.

Share one thing you learnt about your partner, and see if it is true for anyone else in the class too.

Do the same thing, but this time talking about the places which are written on the next page.

Share one thing you learnt about your partner, and see if it is true for anyone else in the class too.

Ask about anything below you don’t understand, working together to make suitable questions or statements each time.

What are the differences between these prepositions?

• on/ above
• in front of/ opposite
• next to/ near

Play the same asking questions or making true statements game, but this time making your own sentences from the cut-up cards below.

Play the same game, but this time just with your own ideas without any worksheets or cards to help.

Choose a place. Your partner will ask questions or make statements about things in that place until they find out at least one thing that you have (got) there.

Choose one thing that you have and tell your partner “I have…” without saying where it is. They will ask questions or make statements until they find out where you have that thing.

 

Possible places to talk about

• above your bathroom sink
• above your nose
• behind your desk
• in front of your bedroom window
• in front of your desk
• in your bag
• in your bathroom
• in your bedroom
• in your bedroom cupboards
• in your bedroom drawers
• in your classroom
• in your dining room
• in your family car
• in your freezer
• in your fridge (= refrigerator)
• in your garage
• in your garden
• in your gym
• in your kitchen
• in your kitchen bin
• in your kitchen cupboards
• in your kitchen drawers
• in your living room
• in your notebook
• in your pencil case
• in your pocket
• in your purse/ in your wallet
• in your school
• near your bed
• near your front door
• near your kitchen table
• next to your bed
• on your balcony
• on your bed
• on your bedroom floor
• on your bedroom walls
• on your bookshelves
• on your desk
• on your feet
• on your mobile phone
• under your bathroom sink
• under your bed
• under your desk
• under your kitchen sink
• under your skin
• under your TV

 

Possible places to talk about – cut up cards version

above	behind		in		in front of
near	next to		on		under
your
bag		balcony		bathroom
bed		bedroom		bin
bookshelves		classroom		cooker
cupboards		desk		dining room
drawers		feet		floor
freezer		fridge		front door

 

 

garage	garden	gym
kitchen	living room	mobile phone
nose	notebook	pencil case
pocket	purse/ wallet	school
sink	skin	table
TV	walls	window
eyes	mouth	head