T O HAVE / GET SOMETHING DONE Aims: to learn and practice the use of causative (have sth done)
K EY 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
T O 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)
F ORM 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.
E XERCISE 9 1. We’re going to have /get the roof repaired. 2. I will have my kitchen painted. 3. I have had my jacket cleaned. 4. I am having my motorbike serviced. 5. I must have these photos developed. 6. She is going to have her ears pierced.