TO HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE
Aims: to learn and practice the use of causative
(have sth done)
KEY WORDS P. 52&55
amusing = zabavan
clever = pametan,
domisljat
offensive = uvredljiv
serious = ozbiljan
shocking = sokantan
tasteless = neukusan
attractive = privlacan
awful = grozan
boring = dosadan
brilliant = brilijantan,
sjajan
colourful = saren
ridiculous = besmislen
sexist = seksisticki
silly = blesav
successful = uspesan
terrible = strasan
unjustified = neopravdan
unusual = neobican
TO HAVE / GET SOMETHING DONE
We use the structure have / get something done
when we want to say that we ask someone else to
do something for us. Compare:
I fixed the washing machine. (I did it myself)
I had my washing machine fixed. (I asked
somebody to fix it for me)
FORM
Present Simple
I have / get my hair cut.
Past Simple
I had / got my hair cut.
Present Continuous
I’m having / getting my
hair cut.
Past Continuous
I was having / getting my
hair cut.
Present Perfect
I have had my hair cut.
Past Perfect
I had had my hair cut.
Will
I will have / get my hair
cut.
Must
I must have / get my hair
cut.
Be going to
I’m going to have / get my
hair cut.
EXERCISE 9
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We’re going to have /get the roof repaired.
I will have my kitchen painted.
I have had my jacket cleaned.
I am having my motorbike serviced.
I must have these photos developed.
She is going to have her ears pierced.