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HAVE/GET HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONESOMETHING DONE
Passive Causative
HAVE/GET SOMETHING
DONE
I had my hair cut yesterday
The person who arranges for services
Have/get in the correct
tense
Object which receives the
action
Action (past participle) Manner/Place/Time
adverbs
Get or have +object + past participle
Examples:Sue gets her dress ironed once a week.I’ll have my house painted next week.
Use the Get or Have Passive :
To emphasize action rather than state (only with action verbs not with stative verbs)
With living things
For services that you arrange for someone to do for you.
In conversation and not in formal speaking, and rarely in writing.
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Rewrite these sentences using to have something done.
1.Some builders are repairing the roof of our house.2.The dressmaker has shortened these trousers for me.3.A photographer took photos of the bridal couple.4.A famous artist is going to paint her portrait.5.The mechanic changed the oil in my car.6.The hairdresser cut my hair in a completely different style.7.A decorator has repainted our house.8.A friend of mine, who´s an electrician, is going to repair my DVD player next week.9.They have mended my watch.
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