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• Adriian Gómez

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Exercise 1 1. Use the words in brackets to complete these sentences. Use the structure “to have something done”. e.g.: We (our house / paint) next summer. We are going to have our house painted next summer. a. I have lost my key. I’ll have to __________________________________(another key / make). b. Your hair is a mess. You should _________________________________ (your hair / cut). c. The floor is very dirty. Why don’t you _________________________________ (it / clean)? d. My father’s car is not working very well. He _________________________________ (it / service) tomorrow. e. Many young people today _________________________________ (their nose / pierce). f. She has got a bad toothache. She _________________________________ (it / remove) in a week. g. Summers are very hot in Spain. Many people _________________________________ (swimming pools / build) in their gardens. h. My office needs a change. I _________________________________ (it / redecorate) in the spring. i. I _________________________________ (my house / clean) once a week. j. They _________________________________ (their computers / repair) today.

2. Replace the phrase underlined with the structure “have something done”. a. I didn’t recognise Sheila. The hairdresser’s dyed her hair. __________________________________________________________________________________ b. I’ve been getting a lot of annoying phone calls, so the telephone company is going to change my number. __________________________________________________________________________________ c. Gabrielle broke her leg six weeks ago but she’s much better now. In fact the doctors will be taking the plaster off tomorrow. __________________________________________________________________________________ d. Since Ron made a lot of money, he’s not content with this little cottage, so an architect’s designed him a fine new house. __________________________________________________________________________________ e. This room gets too hot when the sun shines so I’m getting someone to fit blinds on the windows. __________________________________________________________________________________ f. I heard that Mrs Green didn’t trust her husband so she hired a detective to follow him. __________________________________________________________________________________

g. We don’t really know what Shakespeare looked like. I wish he had asked someone to paint his portrait before he died. __________________________________________________________________________________ h. My sister had always been self-conscious about her nose so she decided to go to a clinic for an operation which will straighten it. __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Read the situations and make sentences using a causative structure. a. There was a bank robbery at the bank this morning. The robbers - make - the staff - lie - floor. __________________________________________________________________________________ b. It was the first time she asked her mother to comb her hair. She - never - have - hair - comb - before. __________________________________________________________________________________ c. Sam’s parents always tell him to clean his boots. He - always - make - clean - shoes. __________________________________________________________________________________ d. I couldn’t repair my car by myself and I needed it last week. I - have to - get - mechanic - repair - it. __________________________________________________________________________________ e. The cruel teachers don’t allow the students to drink or take drugs. The cruel teachers - not let - the students - drink or take drugs. __________________________________________________________________________________ f. The old man is going to receive a letter that looks like a letter-bomb and he doesn’t want to open it. The old husband - get - the letter-bomb - open. __________________________________________________________________________________

ANSWERS 2 a. Sheila has had her hair dyed. b. I’m going to have my number changed. / I’ve had my number changed. c. Gabrielle will have the plaster taken off tomorrow. / Gabrielle will be having the plaster taken off tomorrow. d. Ron had a fine new house designed. e. I’m having blinds fitted on the windows. f. Mrs Green had her husband/him followed. g. I wish he had had his portrait painted. h. She decided to have it straightened. / She will have it straightened. 3 a. The robbers made the staff lie on the floor. b. She had never had her hair combed before. c. He is always made to clean his shoes. d. I had to get a mechanic to repair it. e. The cruel teachers don’t let the students drink or take drugs. f. The old husband will get the letter-bomb opened.