The document discusses the HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE passive causative construction. It provides examples of how to use "have" or "get" with an object and past participle to emphasize an action being done to something rather than its state. Some examples of rewriting sentences using this construction are given, such as "We are having the roof of our house repaired" rather than "Builders are repairing the roof...".

1. HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE Passive Causative

2. HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE I had my hair cut yesterday The person who arranges for services Have/get in the correct tense Object which receives the action Action (past participle) Manner/Place/Time adverbs

3. Get or have +object + past participle Examples: Sue gets her dress ironed once a week. I’ll have my house painted next week.

4. Use the Get or Have Passive : To emphasize action rather than state (only with action verbs not with stative verbs) With living things For services that you arrange for someone to do for you. In conversation and not in formal speaking, and rarely in writing.

5. Rewrite these sentences using to have something done . Some builders are repairing the roof of our house. The dressmaker has shortened these trousers for me. A photographer took photos of the bridal couple. A famous artist is going to paint her portrait. The mechanic changed the oil in my car. The hairdresser cut my hair in a completely different style. A decorator has repainted our house. A friend of mine, who´s an electrician, is going to repair my DVD player next week. They have mended my watch.