grammar · neutral

have/get + object + past participle

Band 4-5speakingtask2

Causative passive: someone arranges for something to be done for someone (have/get something done).

Examples

“I had my laptop repaired last week.”

“She got her hair dyed before the interview.”

“The school had the windows replaced after the storm.”

Band 8 sentence

“The university had several outdated computers replaced during the summer break.”

Collocations

  • have/get + object + past participle

Common mistakes

I had repaired my laptop last week.→I had my laptop repaired last week.

I got my car to fixed.→I got my car fixed.

Say it for a higher band

5use active past (I repaired my laptop)→6use 'had' + V2 (I had repaired my laptop)→7+have/get + object + past participle

Easily confused

passive with be + V3

“The house was painted last month.”

Related words

had been + past participlebe + past participleto have been + past participlebe used to + Vbe + past participle + by + agentnoun + past participle (reduced relative clause)be seen as + noun / adjectivehave/has been + past participle

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