HAVE SOMETHING DONE

USE
1. When we talk about arranging for things to be done by other people.

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I am going to have my hair cut. I have my car serviced every two months. We had the house redecorated over the summer.

2.

When we mention unpleasant things that have happened to us.

I had my car stolen last week. He had his arm injured in an accident.

FORM
Subject+ HAVE+Object+ Past Participle (3rd column)

The verb have can be conjugated in any tense.

I have my nails done every week. She never has her make-up done. My parents are going to have her house painted next week. Tom had his bike repaired last weekend. Sally had her hair dyed yesterday. He has never had his eyes tested.

SUBJECT

OBJECT

This woman's at the hairdresser's.

She is having her hair cut.

She has asked the hairdresser to cut her hair. SHE IS NOT DOING IT HERSELF

She's at the garage (UK) / at the car repair shop (US).

She is having her car fixed/ repaired/mended.

She has asked the mechanic to fix her car.

SHE IS NOT REPAIRING HER CAR HERSELF

nails

She's getting a manicure.

She's having her nails manicured / done.

SHE IS NOT PAINTING HER NAILS HERSELF.

He's at the ophtalmologist 's.

He's having his eyes tested.

He's having his house built.

He's asked the builders to build his house. HE IS NOT BUILDING HIS HOUSE HIMSELF.

They had their kitchen redecorated.

At the hotel, you can have breakfast sent to your room.

At the dry cleaner's, you can have your clothes cleaned.

SOMEONE WILL CLEAN YOUR CLOTHES. YOUR ARE NOT DOING IT YOURSELF.

She has her nails done once a week. She doesnt have her nails done Does she have her nails done? Yes, she does / No, she doesnt He had his car repaired. He didnt have his car repaired. Did he have his car repaired? Yes, he did / No, he didnt

Affirmative / present simple Negative / does not (she) Question / aux: does Short answer Affirmative /simple past Negative / did not Question / aux: did Short answer.

He is having his car repaired next week He isnt having his car repaired. Is he having his car repaired ? Yes, he is / No, he isnt
Sarah has had her nails done. She hasnt had her nails done. Has she had her nails done? Yes, she has / No, she hasnt

Affirmative / present progressive (future) Negative / is not Question / to be Short anwer.

Affirmative / present perfect Negative / has not Question

Write negative sentences and questions.

1. 2. I had my nails done yesterday. Tom has his teeth whitened once a year.

3. My parents have had their house redecorated. 4. She has had her mobile phone stolen. 5. Elizabeth is having her hair dyed this afternoon. I didnt have my nails done yesterday. Did you have your nails done yesterday? Tom doesnt have his teeths whitened once a year. Does he have his teeth whitened..? My parents havent had their house redecorated. Have your parents had her house redecorated? She hasnt had her mobile phone stolen. Has she had her mobile stolen? Elizabeth is not having her hair dyed this afternoon. Is Elizabeth having her hair dyed this afternoon?

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

USE
WHEN THE OBJECT OF THE VERB IS THE SAME AS THE SUBJECT WHEN WE WANT TO ADD EMPHASIS

I cut MYSELF while I was peeling potatoes.

I didnt have my room painted. I painted it

MYSELF.

Subject pronoun I You He She

Reflexive pronoun Myself Yourself Himself Herself

It
We you

Itself
Ourselves Yourselves

they

Themselves

Subject=Object
herself She hurt _____________ when she was cutting paper. ourselves We looked after __________________ when our parents went to the party. itself My new computer can turn ______________off when Im not using it.

Emphasis
himself He didnt have his bike repaired. He repaired it __________________________ myself I havent had my clothes ironed. I ironed them _________________________ themselves They painted the wall ________________. Nobody helped them.

Somebody did her make-up. She had her make-up done. She didnt do it HERSELF.
Somebody removed her tatoo.
Somebody repaired our car.
She had her tatoo removed. She didnt do it herself.

Somebody examined his teeth.

Somebody tested my eyes.

We had our car repaired. We didnt do it ourselves.

He had his teeth examined. He didnt do it himself.

Somebody cleaned their car.

I had my eyes tested. I didnt do it myself.

They had their car cleaned. They didnt do it themselves.

Somebody decorated your house.

You had your house decorated. You didnt do it yourself /yourselves. (1) (+1)

Grammar builder, page 124.

1.

(9.1)

Look at the verb tense used in the sentence.

The shoe repairer is mending Chloes shoes. Who is performing the action? Who has asked the shoe repairer to do that? What is the object? The shoe repairer Chloe (subject) Chloes shoes.

Therefore Chloe IS HAVING her shoes MENDED. I have had my hair dyed. The hairdresser has dyed my hair. ____________________________________ They had their house painted last year.. The painters painted their house last year. ______________________________ Tom is having his car repaired. The mechanic is repairing Toms car. ___________________________________
My neighbour is having his windows changed The builders are changing my neighbours windows. __________________________

Im going to have my photo taken. The photographer is going to take my photo. _______________________________ Olivia had her eyes tested. The optician tested Olivias eyes last week. ________________________________ Harvey has had his coat cleaned. The dry cleaner has cleaned Harveys coat. ________________________________ The plumber is going to install our new shower. _____________________________
We are going to have our new shower installed