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HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

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 and did the job. Have something done. Jill had the roof repaired yesterday.

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HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

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  1. HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

  2. 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.

  3. Have something done Jill hadthe roofrepaired yesterday. Jill arranged for somebody else to repair the roof. She didn’t repair it herself.

  4. 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)

  5. ‘Are you going to repair the car yourself?’ ‘No. I’m going to have it repaired’  She is going to haveher carrepaired

  6. Examples: Jill hadthe roofrepaired yesterday. We are havingthe housepainted at the moment. Julia has just hadcentral heatinginstalled in her house.

  7. Structure: Jill hadthe roofrepaired yesterday.    S + have + object+ Past Participle

  8. 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.

  9. Note: • They had all their money stolen. • All their money was stolen from them. • Something (not nice) happens to somebody or their belongings

  10. 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.

  11. Get something done In informal spoken English, we can also say “get something done” instead of “have something done”: • When are you going to getthe roofrepaired? (=have the roof repaired) • I think you should getyour haircut.(=have your hair cut)

  12. Exercises: • Exercise 1 • Exercise 2

  13. THANK YOU

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