CAUSATIVE HAVE/ GET (HAVE/ GET SOMETHING DONE)
USE
1. We use the structure have/get something done when we want to say that someone else does something for us.
Compare the sentences:
I fixed the washing machine. (I did it myself)
I had my washing machine fixed. (I asked someone to fix it for me)
Compare the sentences:
I fixed the washing machine. (I did it myself)
I had my washing machine fixed. (I asked someone to fix it for me)
FORM
Tense | have/get something done |
Present Simple | I have/get my hair cut. |
Past Simple | I had/got my hair cut. |
Present Continuous | I'm having/getting my hair cut. |
Past Continuous | I was having/getting my hair cut. |
Present Perfect | I have had my hair cut. |
Past Perfect | I had had my hair cut. |
will | I will have/ get my hair cut. |
must | I must have/ get my hair cut. |
be going to | I'm going to have/ get my hair cut. |
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