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Change these active sentences using the causative.
HAVE + SOMETHING (OBJECT) + PAST PARTICIPLE
The hairdresser cuts my hair every other month.
I _have my hair cut every other month (by the hairdresser)____.

I could finally find someone to fix the computer.

I could __finally have the computer fixed________.

I’m going to take my winter coat to the dry cleaner’s tomorrow.

I ___going to have my winter coat cleaned tomorrow_________.

They have never painted their flat themselves. They have always asked somebody
to do it for them.
They _have always had their flat painted__(by them, by the painter, by someone)_.

My car broke down yesterday. I must ask the mechanic to repair it for me.
I must __have my car repaired (by the mechanic)___________________.

I would like to have a swimming-pool in the garden. Do you know anyone who
could build one for me?
I would ___like to have a swimming pool built______________.

Is your eye-sight OK? If not, you should ask an optician to check it for you.
You should _have _your eye-sight checked by an optician_____________.

Before I installed a new printer I had asked a friend of mine to upgrade my old
computer.
I _had had my old computer upgraded__before I installed a new printer______.

I wouldn’t like to see tattoos on your arm. You mustn’t go to a tattoo saloon.
You mustn’t __have your arms tattoed____.

I love wearing earrings. I asked a specialist to pierce my ears when I was 9.

I _had my ears pierced when I was 9___.

I’m going to see the dentist at 4 pm tomorrow. He is going to fill my wisdom tooth.
I’m __going to have my wisdom tooth filled__.

This carpet looks nice and clean. Have you recently asked somebody to clean it
for you?
Have __you recently had your carpet cleaned_______?