Causative

HAVE-GET
Grammar
Share!!!

-What jobs do you do

on your own in your
house?

-Which ones do you

pay someone else to do
it?
Look at these phrases...What´s the difference?

I cut my hair.

I have my hair cut.

Grammar
'I cut my hair' means that I do it myself.

'I have my hair cut means someone cuts my hair for me

We use have something done to mean another person does a

service for us.

The grammar for this is pretty simple:

Have + object (sth)+ past participle

HAVE / GET STH DONE
I HAVE MY COMPUTER REPAIRED.

I GET MY COMPUTER REPAIRED.

IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE?

NO
YOU CAN USE :

HAVE OR GET + STH + PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE VERB

IN THE SAME WAY

HAVE/GET STH DONE HAVE SOMEONE DO STH OR
GET SOMEONE TO DO STH

The object here is sth -The object here is someone.

-have somone do sth usually means ask someone to

do sth
I have my car washed.
I have the technician repair my ipad as soon as
possible.

-get someone to do sth means to persuade

I get the technician to repair my ipad as soon as

possible.
Finally,
When you want to say that you have
done sth yourself, you use get

I got all my homework

done so I’m going out now.
To check..
1) Have/get sth done In pairs, write an example for each structure.

Analyze the differences!!!

2) have someone do sth

3) get someone to do sth

4) get sth(myself) done

QUESTIONS ???