HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

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HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE
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SITUATION

• The roof of Jills house was damaged in a
  storm, so she arranged for somebody to repair it.
  Yesterday a workman came and did the job.

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Have something done

• Jill had the roof repaired yesterday.
• ?Jill arranged for somebody else to repair the
  roof. She didnt repair it herself.

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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)

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Are you going to repair the car yourself?
No. Im going to have it repaired
? She is going to have her car repaired
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Examples

• Jill had the roof repaired yesterday.
• We are having the house painted at the moment.
• Julia has just had central heating installed in
  her house.

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Structure

• Jill had the roof repaired
  yesterday.
• ? ? ?

S have object Past Participle
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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.

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Note

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

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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.

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Get something done

• In informal spoken English, we can also say get
  something done instead of have something done
  
• When are you going to get the roof repaired?
  (have the roof repaired)
• I think you should get your hair cut.(have your
  hair cut)

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Exercises

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2

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