This simple video will help you practise the verb to have in the present simple tense. Use it at home or in class.
The verb 'to have' first comes up in grade 2 of the Trinity College London GESE exams. Here is some information about the exams, below. Check out our other videos for more ways to practise your English.
The Trinity College London grade 2 exam has the following syllabus in 2022.
GESE Grade 2 —
Exam format
Total exam time: 6 minutes
The exam consists of one assessed phase:
Conversation with the examiner (up to 6 minutes).
Candidate performance
In addition to the items listed for the previous grade, the candidate is expected to demonstrate the following
communicative skills and meet the language requirements listed below during the exam.
Communicative skills
Understand short, simple questions, requests and statements
Respond with appropriate actions and positive and negative short form answers
Contribute to the conversation using memorised phrases and short statements
Use a basic range of words and simple phrases related to personal details and situations
Ask for very basic personal information, eg about possessions
Language requirements
Language functions
Indicating the position of people and objects
Describing people, animals, objects and places very simply
Stating simple facts
Informing about possessions
Asking very simple questions about personal details
Grammar
The candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to understand:
Present simple tense questions
Question words who? when?
Present continuous tense questions
Determiners some, any
The candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to understand and use:
Present simple tense
There is/are and has/have got/have you got? Do you have?
Question words where? how?
Prepositions of place in, on, under, between, next to
Determiners their, its
Possessive pronouns mine, yours, his, hers
Yes/no answers to present continuous tense questions
Lexis
The candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to understand and use vocabulary related to:
Rooms in the home
Household objects
Family and friends
Pets
Possessions
Days of the week and months of the year
Cardinal numbers up to 50
Words and phrases relating to the language functions listed above
Phonology
The clear pronunciation of words relevant to the lexical areas
Basic intonation patterns for simple questions
Contractions, eg I’ve, I’m, he’s
