If you 'have something done', you get somebody else to do something for you.
- I'm going to have my hair cut.
- She's having her house redecorated.
- I'm having a copy of the report sent to you
In informal English, we can replace 'have' by 'get'.
- We're getting a new telephone system installed.
- They will be getting the system repaired as quickly as they can.
- I got the bill sent direct to the company.
We can also use
'have/got something done' in situations where something bad has happened
to people or their possessions. This is not something they wanted to
happen.
- John had all his money stolen from his hotel bedroom.
- We had our car damaged by a falling tree.
- I got my nose broken playing rugby.
Formula:
| Verbo “have/had” + object + Past Participle |
More examples:
| have/had | object | past participle | |
| I had | my nails | polished. | |
| I need to have | my car | painted | |
| They are having | the school | repaired. | |
| She had | her carpet | cleaned. | |
| Where did you have | that photograph | taken? | |
| They had | an extra room | built. |
Let´s practice:
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