Thursday 5 December 2013

Tuesday 3 December 2013

TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE


If you 'have something done', you get somebody else to do something for you.
  • I'm going to have my hair cut.
  • She's having her house redecorated.
  • I'm having a copy of the report sent to you
In informal English, we can replace 'have' by 'get'.
  • We're getting a new telephone system installed.
  • They will be getting the system repaired as quickly as they can.
  • I got the bill sent direct to the company.
We can also use 'have/got something done' in situations where something bad has happened to people or their possessions. This is not something they wanted to happen.
  • John had all his money stolen from his hotel bedroom.
  • We had our car damaged by a falling tree.
  • I got my nose broken playing rugby.

 Formula: 


Verbo “have/had” + object + Past Participle

More examples:

have/had
object
past participle

I had
my nails
polished.

I need to have
my car
painted

They are having
the school
repaired.

She had
her carpet
cleaned.

Where did you have
that photograph
taken?

They had
an extra room
built.


Let´s practice:

A SONG TO ENJOY...

BREATHLESS BY THE CORRS