Have something done – Exercise 372

Drag each element from the list below to the right gap.

At a barbershop, you

With an oculist, you

At a tailor's shop, you

At a garage, you

At a dry cleaner's, you

have your car fixed

have your clothes mended

have your beard cut

have your eyesight checked

have your coat cleaned

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Have something done — summary

To have/get something done means we don't do the job ourselves but we ask someone to do it for us.

Formation: have/get + object + past participle

You can use any tense or use "have"/"get" with a modal verb.

Examples

Theresa had her hair cut.

John is going to have his car serviced.

How often do you have your apartment cleaned?

I've just had this jacket cleaned, and now it's dirty again.

You should have this socket repaired at last.