PPT - Have get something done (causative)

1. Getting things done!

2. Something needs doing

SOMETHING NEEDS DOING
• IF YOU THINK THAT YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING, AND IT WOULD BE BEST TO ASK SOMEONE ELSE TO DO
IT, YOU CAN SAY THAT
SOMETHING NEEDS DOING

3.

• TAKE THIS GUY FOR EXAMPLE….
• HIS HAIR IS VERY LONG AND MESSY, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR HIM TO VISIT THE
HAIRDRESSER.
• IN THIS CASE WE COULD SAY HIS HAIR NEEDS CUTTING

4.

• WHAT ABOUT THIS PICTURE? COULD YOU SUGGEST WHAT NEEDS DOING?
• HINT: USE LAWN AND MOW

5.

• WHAT ABOUT THIS?

6.

• AND THIS?

7. Have/get something done

HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE
• NOW THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO SAY THAT SOMETHING NEEDS DOING, LET’S LOOK AT HAVING THINGS
DONE.
• WE USE HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE
DO SOMETHING BAD TO US
WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING FOR US, OR THEY

8. Have something done format

HAVE SOMETHING DONE FORMAT
• SUBJECT + “HAVE” + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE
• THEY ARE HAVING THEIR WINDSCREEN REPLACED
• YOU CAN ALSO USE “GET” INSTEAD OF “HAVE”. THEY ARE INTERCHANGEABLE

9.

• THIS MAN IS BEING PUNCHED, AND IT ISN’T MUCH FUN. IN OTHER WORDS, SOMEONE IS DOING
SOMETHING BAD/UNPLEASANT TO HIM. IN THIS SITUATION, WE COULD SAY…
• HE GOT HIS FACE PUNCHED!

10.

• THIS PERSON IS AT THE HAIRDRESSER AND THE HAIRDRESSER IS CUTTING HER HAIR FOR HER (BECAUSE
YOU WOULDN’T DO IT YOURSELF)
• IN THIS CASE WE CAN SAY.
• SHE IS HAVING HER HAIR CUT

11. Try to describe these pictures using the above pattern….

TRY TO DESCRIBE THESE PICTURES USING
THE ABOVE PATTERN….

12.

• HE IS HAVING HIS TEETH CHECKED
• HE GOT HIS TEETH CLEANED

13.

14. We can use “have/get” in many different tenses…

WE CAN USE “HAVE/GET” IN MANY
DIFFERENT TENSES…
• SHE IS HAVING HER CHILD VACCINATED
• SHE HAS HAD HER CHILD VACCINATED
• SHE IS GOING TO GET HER CHILD VACCINATED

15.

16.

• THE ELDERLY WOMAN IS GETTING HER BLOOD PRESSURE TAKEN
• SHE HAS GOT HER BLOOD PRESSURE TAKEN
• SHE WAS GETTING HER BLOOD PRESSURE TAKEN WHEN THE DOCTOR SUDDENLY SAID “OH DEAR….”