Causative voice (have something done) (Speech patterns)
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Model:
Subject + (modal, etc.) + ( to) get/have + Object + Participle II
I (must) have/get my car washed. = I (must) have someone to wash my car.
Ex.
The hairdresser will trim my hair tomorrow, so I will have my hair trimmed tomorrow.
A. Complete the following sentences.
1. He cannot paint his house himself. A painter is painting it. - He is having his house painted.
2. I could not repair my car. A mechanic did it. - I had my car repaired.
3. There is a hole in his shoe. He is going towards the shoe repair shop. - He is going to have his shoe repaired.
4. His hair was very long last week. Now it is not long. - He has had his hair cut.
5. Your shirt looks very clean. - I have just had my shirt cleaned.
6. The hairdresser will trim my hair tomorrow, so I will have my hair trimmed tomorrow.
7. The hall was dark so I called a man to put in another window. - I had another window put in.
8. I can’t understand Greek, so my secretary is translating the letters. - I am having the letters translated.
9. The house was so cold that we called a man to install a central heating. - We had a central heating installed.
10. We must call a man to cut the grass. - We must have the grass cut.
11. My skirt is too long. I’ll take it to a tailor to be shortened, so I will have my skirt shortened.
12. No one can read my notes, so someone must type them. - I must have my notes typed.
13. We must call somebody to tune the piano. - We must get the piano tuned.
14. Someone has dry cleaned this coat for me. - I have got this coat dry cleaned.
15.This room looks shabby, so I will have to pay a decorator to redecorate it. - I will have to have this room redecorated.
B. Read the situation and then write a sentence with the "have something done" pattern .
1. Tom thinks his eyesight is getting worse , so he's going to the eye doctor.
What is Tom going to do there ? He is going to have his eyesight checked. (to check)
2. Noor is at the hairdresser's at the moment. A hairdresser is cutting her hair.
What is Noor doing? She is having her hair cut.
3. Hannan's coat was dirty so she took it to the cleaners . Now it is clean.
What has Hannan done ? She has had her coat cleaned.
4. Nada's watch was broken, so she took it to a jeweller's. Now it is working again.
What has Nada done ? She has had her watch fixed. (to fix)
C. Answer the questions using the "have something done" pattern.
1. 'Did you cut your hair yourself?' 'No, I had my hair cut at the hairdresser's.'
2. 'Did they paint the house themselves?' 'No, they had their house painted.'
3. 'Did Jim cut down those trees himself?' 'No, he had those trees cut down.'
4. 'Did Hatim repair the car herself?' 'No, she had the car repaired.'
5. 'Did Asma make that dress herself ?' 'No, she had that dress made.'
D. Use words in the brackets to complete the following sentences.
1. Do you have your newspaper delivered [you / your newspaper /deliver] or do you go to the shop yourself to buy it?
2. Is it true that many years ago he had his portrait painted [his portrait / paint] by a famous artist?
3. A: Can I see those holiday photographs you took?
B: I'm afraid not . I haven't had the film developed [not/ the film/develop] yet .
E. Rewrite each sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Don't forget it should follow the speech pattern: Subject + (modal) + ( to) get/have + Object + Participle II
1. English "stole" Latin's place in the world.
Latin had its place in the world "stolen".
2. The foreign language student wants his mate to copy much information on minority languages.
The foreign language student wants to have much information on minority languages copied.
3. The language expert will explain the students the origin of those "loan words".
The students will have the origin of those "loan words" explained.
4. Someone took Joe's dictionary from the locker.
Joe had his dictionary taken from the locker.
5. The teacher didn't correct the American kid's spelling as it is a legitimate version of the language.
The American kid didn't have its spelling corrected as it is a legitimate version of the language.
6. It's the linguist's wish to ask someone to collect examples of "street language".
The Linguist wants to have examples of "street language" collected.
7. The students are going to translate all Portuguese and English idioms tomorrow.
The students are going to have all Portuguese and English idioms translated tomorrow.
8. They rejected the foreign student's (he) application to be on the Socrates /ˈsɒkrətiːz/ Programme.
The foreign student had his application to be on the Socrates Programme rejected.
9. Dictators have censored the immigrants' language, undoubtedly.
The immigrants have had their language censored, undoubtedly.
10. Some British would disapprove of my American accent.
I would have my American accent disapproved of.
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18. Our new sofa is being delivered tomorrow.
We are having our new sofa delivered tomorrow.
19. Their baby’s bedroom is being decorated at the moment.
They are having their baby’s bedroom decorated at the moment.
20. A new sweater has been knitted for me.
I have got a new sweater knitted.
21. Peter’s car engine has to be fixed.
Peter has to have his car engine fixed.
22. A new pair of glasses is going to be made for him.
He is going to have a new pair of glasses made.
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Also, any BGP routes that had been using the LSP as a next-hop will need to have their next-hop recalculated.
Also, any BGP routes (...) will need to have their next-hop recalculated.
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BGP routes (...) will need to have someone to recalculate the next-hop.
had been using - Past Perfect Cont. - использование the LSP на протяжении периода времени в прошлом + причинно-следственная связь с необходимостью пересчета the next-hop.