Grammar – Unit 46 Have something done Hello and welcome to this Grammar session on present and past tense

Agenda Learning Objectives Example Set A – Have something done. Example Set B – Get something done. Have something done

Agenda Learning Objectives Example Set A – Have something done. Example Set B – Get something done. Have something done

Learning Objectives Have something done To say that we arrange for somebody else to do something for us. Get something done You can also say ‘get something done’ instead of ‘have something done’ mainly in informal spoken English We’ll now start by looking at the present continuous tense. In the next few slides you’ll learn that present continuous tense is used to in different ways, we can use it to talk about an action that is not finished or is not happening at the time of speaking. We can also use the present continuous tense to talk about changes happening around the this time. Now let us look at the usage of the present continuous tense with detailed examples Have something done

Agenda Learning Objectives Example Set A – Have something done. Example Set B – Get something done. Have something done

Example Set A – Have Something done Study this example situation: The roof of Lisa’s house was damaged in a storm. Yesterday a workman came and repaired it. Lisa had the roof repaired yesterday. This means: Lisa arranged for somebody else, repair the roof. She didn’t repair it herself. Lets first look at the present continuous form the ‘ Iam doing’ type of form. Look at the given example. In this example we can see that Sarah is on her way to work and is driving hr car. The ing form of the action drive implies that at present sarah is still driving the car and the action is not finished. As indicated in the given table we use the ing form of action words with verbs am, is or are Have something done

Continue… We use have something done to say that we arrange for somebody else to do something for us. Compare: Lisa repaired the roof. (= she repaired it herself) Lisa had the roof repaired. (= she arranged for somebody else to repair it) ‘Did you make those curtains yourself?’ ‘Yes, I enjoy making things.’ ‘Did you have those curtains made?’ ‘No, I made them myself.’ Have something done

Example set B Be careful with word order. The past participle (repaired/cut etc.) is after the object: have object past participle Lisa had Where did you have Your hair looks nice. Have you had Our neighbor has just had We are having How often do you have I think you should have I don’t like having the roof your hair it a garage the house your car that coat my photograph repaired yesterday. cut? built. painted at the moment. serviced? cleaned. taken. Have something done

Agenda Learning Objectives Example Set A - Have something done. Example Set B – Get something done. Have something done

Example set C - Get something done You can also say ‘get something done’ instead of ‘have something done’ (mainly in informal spoken English):  When are you going to get the roof repaired? (= have the roof repaired)  I think you should get your hair cut really short. Have something done

Example Set D Sometimes have something done has a different meaning. For example:  Paul and Karen had all their money stolen while they were on holiday. This does not mean that arranged for somebody to steal their money. ‘They had all their Money stolen’ means only: ‘All their money was stolen from them’. Have something done

Continue… With this meaning, we use have something done to say that something happens to somebody or their belongings. Usually what happens is not nice:  Gary had his nose broken in a fight. (= his nose was broken)  Have you ever had your passport stolen? Have something done

Summary Learning Objectives Example Set A - Have something done. Example Set B – Get something done. Have something done