To Have Something Done - Ace English Club

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Grammar
B2

To Have Something Done

Have something done focuses on someone else doing something for you. For example, you pay for a service rather than doing it yourself.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to structure and use this grammar as well as practising it.

How to use have something done?

Structure

Have + object + past participle (positive)
Do/does + have + object + past participle (negative)

Usage

Used to show that someone else does something for you.
For example, I have my hair cut every month. She is having her car fixed.

We can use this structure in any verb tense.

Another Meaning

When something bad happens to us.

Structure

Had + object + past participle
We had our car stolen last night.

Examples

1. We are having our house painted this week.

2. I have my car cleaned every week.

3. I’m having my computer repaired.

Practise

Rewrite these sentences using have + object + past participle.

Common mistakes learners make

Using active structure instead
Forgetting the past participle
Wrong word order

Common mistakes learners make

Using active structure instead
Forgetting the past participle
Wrong word order

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