CAUSATIVE

HAVE/ GET
SOMETHING
DONE
We use have/get + noun + past participle to talk about when somebody
else does something for us or to us. The action is something we want
somebody else to do.

 We’re having our house painted.

 I get my nails done once a month.

Get is more formal than have.

Compare:

 Our house was painted. (=Somebody painted our house. We don’t

know why.)
 We had our home painted. (=Somebody painted our house because
we wanted them to Paint it.)