Have and get something done We use to have something done for a work/service done by someone for us Here are the most frequently used tenses with this expression: have + object + past participle(V3) Present ContinuousThey are having their cake packed.Going toHe is going to have his flat decorated.Present PerfectShe has had her bicycle repaired.Past SimpleMy sister had her hair cut yesterday.InfinitiveWe want to have our bathtub restored.Future SimpleThey will have their health improved.Past ContinuousI was having my dinner cooked at yesterday In everyday speech get can be used instead of have for present continuous and past simple, but not for present perfect We are getting our boat painted now She got her tree cut last weekend Exercise 02 Write a new sentence with the same meaning, using the word in capitals My nephew broke my favorite coffee mug GOT A famous illustrator is designing our booklet GETTING Someone stole Mark's car yesterday evening GOT A carpenter is replacing all broken doors in his new house GETTING Exercise 01 Rewrite without underlined parts, using causative have Someone has installed a nice illumination in our yard A plumber is changing the filtering system at their house A hairdresser cut my nieces hair last Monday That art specialist won't appraise his sculpture A zookeeper was cleaning the koala's cage at The designer is going to finish my project next week The gardener has planted an apple tree in Mary's garden A tailor is going to shorten my jeans An optician examined my granny's eyes last month Tom Jones edited her musical album last Sunday Exercise 03 Combine the sentences with causative have or get redesigned / we / our cafe / are getting / next month _ their house / have had / my friends / broken into _ was having / the dog / cooked / it's food / at / yesterday _ their bicycles / tomorrow / will have / they / afternoon / delivered _ _ got / in a fight / its horn / the bull / broken _ is getting / her laptop / Margaret / sold / next Friday _ your hair / get / as soon as / cut / possible ! _ _ Keys Exercise 02 Write a new sentence with the same meaning, using the word in capitals My nephew broke my favorite coffee mug I got my favorite coffee mug broken GOT A famous illustrator is designing our booklet We are getting our booklet designed GETTING Someone stole Mark's car yesterday evening Mark got his car stolen yesterday evening -GOT A carpenter is replacing all broken doors in his new house He is getting all broken doors replaced in his new house GETTING Exercise 01 Rewrite without underlined parts, using causative have Someone has installed a nice illumination in our yard We have had a nice illumination in the yard installed A plumber is changing the filtering system at their house They are having the filtering system changed at their house A hairdresser cut my nieces hair last Monday My niece had her hair cut last Monday That art specialist won't appraise his sculpture He won't have his sculpture appraised A zookeeper was cleaning the koala's cage at The koala was having its cage cleaned at The designer is going to finish my project next week I'm going to have my project finished next week The gardener has planted an apple tree in Mary's garden Mary has had an apple tree planted in her garden A tailor is going to shorten my jeans I'm going to have my jeans shortened An optician examined my granny's eyes last month My granny had her eyes examined last month Tom Jones edited her musical album last Sunday She had her musical album edited last Sunday Exercise 03 Combine the sentences with causative have or get redesigned / we / our cafe / are getting / next month We are getting our cafe redesigned next month their house / have had / my friends / broken into My friends have had their house broken into was having / the dog / cooked / it's food / at / yesterday The dog was having its food cooked yesterday at their bicycles / tomorrow / will have / they / afternoon / delivered They will have their bicycles delivered tomorrow afternoon got / in a fight / its horn / the bull / broken The bull got its horn broken in a fight is getting / her laptop / Margaret / sold / next Friday Margaret is getting her laptop sold next Friday your hair / get / as soon as / cut / possible ! Get your hair cut as soon as possible!