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.

1. Some builders are repairing the roof of our house.We are having the roof of our house repaired

2. The dressmaker has shortened these trousers for me.I have had these trousers shortened (by the dressmaker)

3. A photographer took photos of the bridal couple.The bridal couple had their photos taken (by a photographer)

4. A famous artist is going to paint her portrait.She is going to have her portrait painted by a famous artist.

5. The mechanic changed the oil in my car.I had the oil of my car changed (by the mechanic)

6. The hairdresser cut my hair in a completely different style. I had my hair cut in a completely different style (by the hairdresser)

7. A decorator has repainted our house.We have had our house repainted (by a decorator)

8. A friend of mine, who´s an electrician, is going to repair my DVD player next week.I am going to have my DVD player repaired next week by a friend of mine, who’s an electrician

9. They have mended my watch. I have had my watch mended.