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Have something done

Have a look at these sentences: • I cut my hair. • I have my hair cut. • ‘I cut my hair. ’ means that I do it myself • ‘I have my hair cut. ’ means that someone cuts my hair for me

We use have something done to mean another person does a service for us. The grammar for this is pretty simple: Have + object + past participle

Examples 'We didn't want to cook so we had a pizza delivered. ' 'I had my car washed at that new place by the station. ' 'I had my watch fixed. '

He paints the house. He has his house painted. He is painting the house. He is having his house painted. He painted the house. He had his house painted. He was painting the house. He was having his house painted. Examples of default styles Table He will have his house He will paint the house. painted. He will be having his house He will be painting the house. painted. He has painted the house. He has had his house painted.

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REWRITE THE SENTENCES USING ‘Have something done’ • The doctor testes his eyes very often - He has his eyes tested. • Someone delivers the newspapers. (We). We have the newspapers delivered • Someone cleaned the carpets every year. (I). I have my carpets cleaned every year. • I send my videos to the shop. They put them on a CD there. (I) I have my videos put on a CD (in the shop)

• My computer is not working. I'll take it to the technician. (fix) I'll have my computer fixed. • Maria's house needs painting. (is going to) Maria is going to have her house painted • We ask someone to check the accounts every two weeks. (We) We have our back accounts checked every two weeks • She took me a photo. (I) I had my photo taken.

• The mechanic repaired Paul’s car. (He) He had his car repaired. • Laura sends her laundry to the dry cleaners. (do) She has her laundry done at the dry cleaners. • I don't like cooking on Fridays so I call and ask for a pizza. (Deliver) I have a pizza delivered on Fridays. • My students painted the walls of the room I had the walls painted by my students.

• Somebody has broken my window I had my window broken • My friends are organizing me a birthday party. (I) I am having my birthday party organized • John is going to the doctor for a check up tomorrow. (is going to) John is going to have a check up made tomorrow. • Laura should cut her hair. Laura should have her hair cut.

• Someone cooks dinner for him. He has his dinner cooked. • Our housecleaner comes once a week. (we) We have our house cleaned once a week. • We have hired a photographer to take our photos at our wedding (going to) We are going to have our photos taken at our wedding. • I'm going to take my car to the mechanic. (repair) He is going to have his car repaired. • Someone broke my favourite mug I had my favourite mug broken.