Have something done


Fill in these gaps with:
the appropriate form of the verb HAVE
+ a direct object (in brackets)
+ a verb in the past participle (in brackets).


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The "HAVE SOMETHING DONE" structure has no other name, but if you learn its name, you will know how to use it: we need to say or write the verb HAVE (in any tense, depending on the context), followed by a direct object (a pronoun or a noun phrase) and a verb in the past participle.

When I say that I am going to have something done, I mean that I am going to pay a professional to do something for me. For example, if I need my blood analysed, I can say: "I need to HAVE SOME BLOOD TAKEN OUT for an analysis."

So, in every case you will see the verb HAVE (in this example, in infinitive because it appears after the auxiliary NEED TO), followed by the Od of the sentence (SOME BLOOD) and a verb in the past participle (TAKEN OUT); it is a similar structure to the passive voice, that's why they are usually studied together.
  1. Your dog needs a vaccine.
    I'm going to . (vaccinate your dog)
  2. You forgot your mobile at your secretary's office. You're thinking of asking her to bring it.
    I will to my office. (bring your mobile)
  3. Yesterday you got your computer back from the repair shop.
    I have just . (repair your computer)
  4. (You are talking to the general manager.)
    The paint in your new office is a very ugly colour.
    Could I blue, please? (paint your new office)
  5. I dropped my mobile phone and the screen broke.
    I yesterday. (replace the screen)
  6. My boss doesn't have time to book hotel rooms when she has to travel.
    She always by her assistant. (book her hotel rooms)
  7. The king needs a new official portrait.
    He's going by the royal photographer. (take his photo)
  8. She has not got the time to clean her house, so she needs . (clean her house).
  9. N.B. use the present continuous to talk about immediate plans in this sentence, please:
    They make photo albums in this web page if you send them your photos.
    Tomorrow I' into a photo album. (make my trip to Thailand)
  10. You are not happy at all with the mobile phone you bought yesterday. It isn't what you asked for.
    I'm really upset. They have sold me a really useless thing. I'm definitely going tomorrow. (refund your money)