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Page 1: HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE. SITUATION: The roof of Jill’s house was damaged in a storm, so she arranged for somebody to repair it. Yesterday a workman came

HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

Page 2: HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE. SITUATION: The roof of Jill’s house was damaged in a storm, so she arranged for somebody to repair it. Yesterday a workman came

SITUATION:

The roof of Jill’s house was damaged in a storm, so she arranged for somebody to repair it. Yesterday a workman came and did the job.

Page 3: HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE. SITUATION: The roof of Jill’s house was damaged in a storm, so she arranged for somebody to repair it. Yesterday a workman came

Have something done

Jill had the roof repaired yesterday.

Jill arranged for somebody else to repair the roof. She didn’t repair it herself.

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Have something done

Compare: Jill repaired the roof. (=She repaired it

herself) Jill had the roof repaired. (=She arranged for

somebody else to repair it)

Page 5: HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE. SITUATION: The roof of Jill’s house was damaged in a storm, so she arranged for somebody to repair it. Yesterday a workman came

‘Are you going to repair the car

yourself?’

‘No. I’m going to have it repaired’

She is going to have her car repaired

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Examples:

Jill had the roof repaired yesterday.

We are having the house painted at the moment.

Julia has just had central heating installed in her house.

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Structure:

Jill had the roof repaired yesterday.

S + have + object+ Past Participle

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Note:

Sometimes “have something done” has a different meaning .

Jill and Eric had all their money stolen while they were on holiday.

#They arranged for somebody to steal their money.

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Note:

They had all their money stolen. All their money was stolen from them.

Something (not nice) happens to somebody or their belongings

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Examples:

George has his nose broken in a fight. Have you ever had your passport stolen? Fred had his hat blown off in the wind.

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Get something done

In informal spoken English, we can also say “get something done” instead of “have something done”:

When are you going to get the roof repaired? (=have the roof repaired)

I think you should get your hair cut.(=have your hair cut)

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Exercises:

Exercise 1 Exercise 2

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