grammar · academic

have/get + somebody + past participle (have/get something done)

Band 5-6speakingtask2

Use to say you arrange for someone else to do something for you (causative passive): 'have/get something done'.

Examples

“I had my house painted last summer.”

“She got her watch repaired at the shop.”

“Use 'get + somebody to + V' when you want to say you persuaded someone to do it.”

Band 8 sentence

“I arranged to have the carpets professionally cleaned before the open house weekend.”

Collocations

  • have something done
  • get something repaired

Common mistakes

I had washed my car yesterday.→I had my car washed yesterday.

I got my hair to cut.→I got my hair cut.

Say it for a higher band

5ask someone to + V→6pay someone to + V→7+have/get + somebody + past participle

Synonyms

arrange for someone to do sth

Easily confused

get + somebody + to + V

“He got his friend to help him move house.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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