Have something done – Exercise 372

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

With a catering service, you

instead of cooking yourself.

At a tailor's, you

At a dentist's, you

At a car detailing centre, you

With online food shopping, you

get a suit sewn

get your car cleaned

get your event catered

get your teeth treated

get food delivered to your house

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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.