CAUSATIVE CASE

HAVE / GET + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE

EXERCISE A

Complete these sentences with the appropriate past participle of the following verbs:

paint, put, make, wash, repair, take, serve, cut, develop.

1. The video doesn’t work. We must it get it …………………………

2. Your hair is very long. Go and get it …………..

3. Where did you have that dress ……………..

4. Can we have breakfast …………………….. in our room in the hotel?

5. I had this photograph …………………… by a professional.

6. Last month we got a new carpet ……………. in the living room.

7. The roll of the film is finished. I’ll take it to the photo shop to have it ……………………..

8. I always have my linen ………………….. at the launderette.

9. I had my garden fence ……………………. white.

EXERCISE B

What did these people go to those places for?

1. Mary is at the post office (post a parcel).

Mary has gone to the post office to get/have a parcel posted.

2. Sarah is at the hairdresser’s (do her hair).

3. Frank is at the tailor’s (make a new suit).

4. Bob is at an architect’s studio (build a house).

EXERCISE C

Example: 1. A mechanic serviced our car. We had our car serviced

1. A shoemaker mended my shoes.2. A dentist checked my teeth.3. An electrician installed a burglar alarm.

EXERCISE D

Answer the questions in the way shown.

Example: “Did Liz make that dress herself?”  “No, she had it made.1. “Did you cut your hair yourself?”

2. “Did they paint the house themselves?”

3. “Did Jim cut down that tree himself?”

4. “Did Sue repair the car herself?”

EXERCISE E

This time complete the sentences.  Use the words in parentheses (...)

Example:  We are having the house painted (the house/paint) at the moment.

1. Your hair is too long.  I think you should ...........................................(it/cut). 2. How often ........................................................(you/your car/tune up)? 3. A: Can I see the pictures you took on your vacation?

B: I´m afraid not.  I...................................................(not/the film/develop)yet. 4. Is it true that many years ago he.....................................................(his portrait/paint) by a

famous artist?

EXERCISE F

Now read each situation and then write a sentence with have something done.

Example:  Jill´s coat was dirty, so she took it to the cleaners.  Now it is clean.  What has Jill done?

                 She has had her coat cleaned.

1.       Tom thinks his eyesight is getting worse, so he´s going to the eye doctor.  What is Tom going to do there?  He is...................................................................................

2.       Sue is at the beauty parlour at the moment.  A hairdresser is cutting her hair.  What is Sue doing?.............................................................................................................

3.       Ann´s watch was broken, so she took it to a jeweller.  Now it is working again.  What  has Ann done?...................................................................................................

****HAVE SOMETHING DONE  sometimes has a different meaning.  For example:

“He had all his money stolen while he was on vacation” doesn´t mean that he arranged for somebody to steal his money.  It means only: “All his money was stolen”