Have something done
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 473.
We use have+object+past participle to say that we arrange for someone to do something for us.
e.g. Sandra is giving her can repaired at the moment. (Sandra is not repairing it herself – somebody else is repairing it.)
| present simple | He fixes the tap. | He has the tap fixed. |
| present continuous | He is fixing the tap. | He is having the tap fixed. |
| past simple | He fixed the tap. | He had the tap fixed. |
| past continuous | He was fixing the tap. | He was having the tap fixed. |
| future simple | He will fix the tap. | He will have the tap fixed. |
| future continuous | He will be fixing the tap. | He will be having the tap fixed. |
| present perfect | He has fixed the tap. | He has had the tap fixed. |
| present perfect cont. | He has been fixing the tap. | He has been having the tap fixed. |
| past perfect | He had fixed the tap. | He had had fixed the tap. |
| past perfect cont. | He had been fixing the tap. | He had been having the tap fixed. |
| infinitive | He must fix the tap. | He must have the tap fixed. |
| -ing form | It's no use fixing the tap. | It's no use having the tap fixed. |
· Questions and negations of the verb have are formed with do/does in the present simple and did in the past simple. e.g. Do you have your hair cut every month? Did she have the house cleaned?
· We can also usehave something doneto express that unpleasant happened to somebody. e.g. Mary had her purse stolen yesterday. (=Mary's purse was stolen. This sentence shows that this unpleasant incident happened to her.)
· We can use the verb getinstead of the verb have only in informal conversation. e.g We must get the fridge repaired soon. (=We must have the fridge repaired soon.)
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