HAVE SOMETHING DONE

Causatives: Have and Get

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We use the structure: HAVE / GET + SOMETHING + PAST PARTICIPLE

when we want to talk about something that someone else did for us or for another person.

in more formal or scientific writing.

when the focus is on the action.

We usually use 'have something done' when we are talking about paying someone to do something for us.

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We can also use "have something done" with a passive meaning when something bad happens to us.

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We can use "HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE" in any verb tense.

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we can use : "GET+ OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE" with the same meaning as HAVE +OBJECT+ PAST PARTICIPLE

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I don't have my watch. I'm _____ at the shop.

having it repaired

repairing

having it repair

We need to _______. They are really dirty.

have the windows to clean

have the windows clean

have the windows to clean

get the windows cleaned

I _______ at the pub last night.

got my jacket stolen

had stolen my jacket

got my jacket to steal

We _______ to our house every week.

have delivered our food

have our food delivered

have our food to delivered

We are going to _______ before the trip.

get the oil changed

get the oil change

have changed the oil

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