We _______ (have) the machines __________ (clean) yesterday. had « to have (something) done » to have + past participle Use the Past Simple here We _______ (have) the machines __________ (clean) yesterday. had cleaned
Structure: « to have (something) done » to have + past participle We use this form when we do not do the action ourselves. Some examples: I’m having my hair cut today. He had his bike repaired yesterday. He’ll have his wedding suit made.
They ________ (have) their accounts ___________ (check) once a year. Present simple have They ________ (have) their accounts ___________ (check) once a year. checked
He ___________(have) his house __________ (value). Present continuous ‘s having He ___________(have) his house __________ (value). valued
She __________ (have) her hair _______ (cut) when I arrived. Past continuous was having She __________ (have) her hair _______ (cut) when I arrived. cut
I ______ (have) the meeting room _________ (book) well in advance. Future ‘ll have I ______ (have) the meeting room _________ (book) well in advance. booked
Conditional We _______ (have) the office __________ (redecorate) if we had the money. ‘d have redecorated
She ______ (have) her clothes ________ (make) in Paris. Present simple She ______ (have) her clothes ________ (make) in Paris. has made
The company ___________ (have) new catalogues __________ (print). Present continuous is having The company ___________ (have) new catalogues __________ (print). printed
They _______ (have) a new kitchen ___________ (build in) last month. Past simple had They _______ (have) a new kitchen ___________ (build in) last month. built in
Past continuous They ____________ (have) new computers __________ (install) when I joined the company. were having installed
She _______ (have) her wedding dress _______ (make) in town. Future She _______ (have) her wedding dress _______ (make) in town. ‘ll have made
He ______ (have) his car _________ (service) if he had enough money. Conditional ‘d have He ______ (have) his car _________ (service) if he had enough money. serviced
You can also use (get) instead of (have) in some cases: We get our brochures printed in Bordeaux. I’ll get the office cleaned every day. She gets the windows cleaned regularly. Other structures: When we talk about what we ask other people to do, we can use have + object + bare infinitive: I’ll have my secretary call you tomorrow. We can also use get + object + to infinitive: I’ll get my secretary to call you tomorrow.