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Have and get something done
We use to have something done for a
work/service done by someone for us. Here
are the most frequently used tenses with this
expression:

have + object + past participle(V3)
Present ContinuousThey are having their
cake packed.Going toHe is going to have
his flat decorated.Present PerfectShe has
had her bicycle repaired.Past SimpleMy
sister had her hair cut
yesterday.InfinitiveWe want to have our
bathtub restored.Future SimpleThey will
have their health improved.Past
ContinuousI was having my dinner cooked
at 5 yesterday.
In everyday speech get can be used instead
of have for present continuous and past
simple, but not for present perfect.
We are getting our boat painted now.
She got her tree cut last weekend.

Exercise 02. Write a new sentence with
the same meaning, using the word in
capitals.
My nephew broke my favorite coffee mug.
____________________________
____________________________ GOT
A famous illustrator is designing our booklet.
____________________________

____________________________GETTING
Someone stole Mark's car yesterday evening.
____________________________
____________________________ GOT
A carpenter is replacing all broken doors in his
new house.
____________________________
____________________________GETTING

Exercise 01. Rewrite without underlined parts,
using causative have
Someone has installed a nice illumination in our yard.
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A plumber is changing the filtering system at their house.
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A hairdresser cut my nieces hair last Monday.
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That art specialist won't appraise his sculpture.
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A zookeeper was cleaning the koala's cage at 5.
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The designer is going to finish my project next week.
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The gardener has planted an apple tree in Mary's garden.
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A tailor is going to shorten my jeans.
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An optician examined my granny's eyes last month.
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Tom Jones edited her musical album last Sunday.

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Exercise 03. Combine the sentences with causative
have or get
redesigned / we / our cafe / are getting / next month
_____________________________________________
their house / have had / my friends / broken into
_____________________________________________
was having / the dog / cooked / it's food / at 7 /
yesterday
_____________________________________________
their bicycles / tomorrow / will have / they / afternoon /
delivered
_____________________________________________
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got / in a fight / its horn / the bull / broken
_____________________________________________
is getting / her laptop / Margaret / sold / next Friday
_____________________________________________
your hair / get / as soon as / cut / possible !
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Keys

Exercise 02. Write a new sentence with
the same meaning, using the word in
capitals.
My nephew broke my favorite coffee mug.

I got my favorite coffee mug broken --GOT
A famous illustrator is designing our booklet.
We are getting our booklet designed
--GETTING
Someone stole Mark's car yesterday evening.
Mark got his car stolen yesterday evening -GOT
A carpenter is replacing all broken doors in his
new house.
He is getting all broken doors replaced in
his new house -- GETTING

Exercise 01. Rewrite without underlined parts,
using causative have
Someone has installed a nice illumination in our yard.
We have had a nice illumination in the yard installed.
A plumber is changing the filtering system at their house.
They are having the filtering system changed at their
house.
A hairdresser cut my nieces hair last Monday.
My niece had her hair cut last Monday.
That art specialist won't appraise his sculpture.
He won't have his sculpture appraised.
A zookeeper was cleaning the koala's cage at 5.
The koala was having its cage cleaned at 5.
The designer is going to finish my project next week.
I'm going to have my project finished next week.
The gardener has planted an apple tree in Mary's garden.
Mary has had an apple tree planted in her garden.
A tailor is going to shorten my jeans.
I'm going to have my jeans shortened.

An optician examined my granny's eyes last month.
My granny had her eyes examined last month.
Tom Jones edited her musical album last Sunday.
She had her musical album edited last Sunday.

Exercise 03. Combine the sentences with causative
have or get
redesigned / we / our cafe / are getting / next month
We are getting our cafe redesigned next month.
their house / have had / my friends / broken into
My friends have had their house broken into.
was having / the dog / cooked / it's food / at 7 / yesterday
The dog was having its food cooked yesterday at 7.
their bicycles / tomorrow / will have / they / afternoon /
delivered
They will have their bicycles delivered tomorrow
afternoon.
got / in a fight / its horn / the bull / broken
The bull got its horn broken in a fight.
is getting / her laptop / Margaret / sold / next Friday
Margaret is getting her laptop sold next Friday
your hair / get / as soon as / cut / possible !
Get your hair cut as soon as possible!