HAVE / GET SOMETHING DONE

HAVE / GET SOMETHING DONE

What someone does for us

We use have + object + -ed form when we talk about someone doing something for us which we ask or instruct them to do. It emphasizes the process/action rather than who performs it:

We’re having the house painted next week. (We are not going to paint the house ourselves. Someone else will paint it. The emphasis is on the fact that the house is being painted rather than who is doing it.)

We can also use have + object + -ed form when something bad happens, especially when someone is affected by an action which they did not cause:

They’ve had their car stolen. (‘They’ are affected by the action of the car being stolen but they did not cause this to happen.)

Hundreds of people had their homes destroyed by the hurricane. (Hundreds of people were affected by the hurricane, which they did not cause.)

Asking or instructing

We use the pattern have + object + infinitive without to when we talk about instructing someone (underlined) to do something. We use it to emphasize who performed the action:

I’ll have Harry book you a taxi. (I will instruct Harry to book a taxi for you. Emphasis is on who will do the action more than on the action.)

He had Kay make us all some tea.

Talking about an experience

We use have + object + -ing form or infinitive without to to talk about an event or experience. We use the -ing form for an event in progress and the infinitive without to for a completed event:

We had a man singing to us as we sat in the restaurant having our meal.

We had a strange woman come to the door selling pictures.

We can also use the -ing form to describe an ongoing action that someone or something is causing:

Her story had us laughing so much. (Her story was making us laugh.)

I just had them doing stretch routines, and after, they got really good at it.

Multiple Choice

Josias hired someone to fix his door.

• Josias had had his door fixed.

• Josias fixed his door had.

• Josias hired his door and fixed had it.

• Someone had his door hired.

• Josias had his door fixed.

Multiple Choice

Karyme pays an accountant to do her taxes.

• An accountant paid to do Karyme's taxes.

• Karyme has her taxes done by an accountant

• Karyme paid taxed and done by accountant.

• Karyme had her accountants done by the taxer.

• Karyme's taxes done by an accountant.

Multiple Choice

A chef prepares food for that company every day.

• The company has a chef prepared food.

• The company had food prepared.

• The food has a chef prepared for the company.

• The company has food prepared by the chef.

• The chef has food prepared by that company.

Multiple Choice

Heidi went to a manicurist who did her nails.

• Heidi had a manicurist who done her nails.

• Heidi did had done her nails by a manicurist.

• Heidi had her nails done by a manicurist.

• Heidi has her nails did by a manicurist.

Multiple Choice

''I will make the principal expel you from this School.''

• He will have you expell by the principal .

• He will have the principal expelled.

• He will has you expelled.

• He will have you expelled.

• He will has you expell.

Multiple Choice

Which one is the formula?

• Get/Have + Something + simple past verb

• Get/Have + past participle verb + Something

• Get/Have + Something + past participle verb

• Something + Get/Have + past participle verb

• Something + Get/Have + simple past verb

Multiple Choice

We paid a mechanic to fix our car.

• We got a mechanic to fix our car.

• We have a mechanic to fix our car.

• We got the paid mechanic to fix our car.

• We paid the get to mechanic our car.

Multiple Choice

The barber cut my hair yesterday.

• I had the barber cutted my hair.

• The barber had cutten my hair.

• I had my hair cutted by the barber.

• I had my hair cut by the barber.