Have something done 让别人完成一些事情了

Have something done不是自己做的事情,是让别人已经做过的事情

Unit 45

Have something done

Have something done不是自己做的事情,是让别人已经做过的事情

An example situation

The roof of Jill's house was damaged in a storm, so she arraged for somebody to repair it. Yesterday a workman came and did the job.

Jill had the roof repairedyesterday.

This means: Jill arranged for somebody else to repair the roof. She didn't repair it herself.

Have something done不是自己做的事情,是让别人已经做过的事情

We use have something doneto say that we arrange for somebody else to do

something for us.

Compare:

.Jill repairedthe roof.(=she repaired it herself)

.Jill had the roof repaired.(=she arraged somebody else to repair it)

Have something done不是自己做的事情,是让别人已经做过的事情

Study these sentences:

.Did Ann make the dress herself or did she have it made?

"Are you going to repair the car yourself?" "No, I'm going to have it repaired."

Have something done不是自己做的事情,是让别人已经做过的事情

Be careful with word order. The past participle(repaired/cutetc.)is after the object(the roof/your hairetc.):

Read the chart on P90.

Have something done不是自己做的事情,是让别人已经做过的事情

You can also say"getsomething done" instead of "havesomething 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.

Have something done不是自己做的事情,是让别人已经做过的事情

Sometimes have something donehas a different meaning. For example:

. Jill andEric had all their money stolenwhile they were on holiday.

Of course this does not mean that they arraged for someone to steal their

money."They had all their money stolen" means only: " All their money was stolen from them."

Have something done不是自己做的事情,是让别人已经做过的事情

With this meaning, we use have something done to say that something happens to somebody or their belongings. Usually what happens is not nice:

. George had his nose broken in a fight. Have you ever had your passport stolen?

Have something done不是自己做的事情,是让别人已经做过的事情

That's all.

Homework: Do 45.4 and 45.5 ON P91.

Do it on your homework book.