To have/get something done
Active : John painted his house - simple past
Causative Have or Get: John had his house painted - simple past
Passive Formula: Subject + had + Object + Verb in past participle
Have or Get tells us the time of the sentence
W-H Questions
Passive Formula: Normally used with W-H Questions
Where
When + can + I have my car fixed
How
W-H Q + can + Subject + have + Object + Verb in past participle
Active Formula: Normally used with Who Questions
Who can I have fix my car?
Who + can + Subject + have + verb in base form + Object
Who can I get to fix my car? When we use get it is followed be an infinitive
Write information questions (Who, where, how, when) to ask to get something done (The first sentence is given as an
example.)
1. I need a haircut.
Where can I get my hair cut?
2. I want to wash my car?
________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. We need to repair our shower.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. I’m hungry I want a pizza delivered to our home.
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5. He needs his house clean.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Phil has a broken arm; He needs to type his texts and can’t.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. I want to build a swimming pool.
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8. We need to redecorate our walls.
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9. She wants her bags carried into her room.
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10. We want to organize a party.
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Complete the sentences using the correct form of have or get something done and the words in brackets.
1. We usually ___________________________________ (the bedrooms / redecorate) every two years.
2. Sarah isn't making her own wedding dress, she ____________________________ (it / make) by a designer in Rome.
3. ____________________________________________________ (you / ever/ anything / steal) from your house?
4. He didn't fix his car himself, he __________________________________________ (it / fix) at the garage.
5. Your hair is too long. You need ___________________________________________________ (it / cut).
6. I'm going to do my food shopping online and I ______________________________ (the food / deliver) to my house.
7. If you can't see properly, you should _________________________________________________ (your eyes / test).
8. Are they going to paint the kitchen themselves, or ________________________________________ (it / paint)?
Making Suggestions
With modal + verb
Maybe + Suubject + can
could + verb in base form + complement
should
May be you could study English
With gerund
What about
Have you thought about + gerund + complement
What about studying English
With negative questions
Why don’t you + verb in base form + complement
Why don’t you study English
With infinitive
One option is
It might be a good idea + infinitive + complement
One option is to study English
GET IT DONE
Write two sentences about the people in the pictures. Use the words in parentheses.
1. He needs to have a mechanic repair his car . 3.
(have / mechanic / repair / car) (have / dentist / take out / tooth)
2. He needs to get his car 4.
repaired. (have / tooth / take out)
(get / car / repair)
5. 7.
(have / hairstylist / cut / hair) (get / computer technician / fix / problem)
6. 8.
(get / hair / cut) (have / problem / fix)
WHY DON’T YOU?
GROUP WORK Imagine you have the problems in the exercise above.
Take turns complaining about the problems and giving suggestions.
A: My car breaks down all the time!
B: Why don’t you have a mechanic look at it?
C: Have you thought about buying a new one?
