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Causative form “+ we use have + object + past participle to say that we have arranged for someone to do something for us. The past participle has passive meaning, Leo had his hair dyed . (He didn't dye it himself) ‘She mows the fawn. ‘She has the lavin mowed. Present Continuous ‘She is mowing the lawn. She is having the lawn mowed. Past Simple ‘She mowed the lawn ‘She had the lawn mowed, Past Continuous ‘She was mowing the lawn. She was having the lawn mowed. Future Simple “She will mow the lawn. ‘She will have the lawn mowed. Future She will be mowing | She will be having Continuous the saw. the lawn mowed. Present Perfect | Shehasmowed | shehashad the the fawn lawn mowed. Prasent Perfact Continucus She has been mowing the lawn, She has been having the lawn mowed Past Parfect ‘She had mowed the lawn. She had had the lown mowed. Past Perfect ‘Continuous She had been mowing the lawn. She had been having the lawn mowed. Tafinitive She should maw | she should have the the lawn. lawn mowed. “ing form Tdon't mind Tdon't mind having mowing the lawn. the lawn mowed. Questions and negations of the verb have are formed with dofdoes (present simple) or did (past simple). Did you have the computer repaited yesterdoy? We also use have something done to talk about an unpleasant experience that somebody had. Last night she had ter passport stolen. (= her passport was stolen by someone) We can use the verb get instead of have in informal conversation. 'm going to get my windows woshed at the weekend. Note: The word order is very important. Leo had his hair dyed ‘and Leo had dyed his hair have very different meanings. In the first case Leo arranged for someone else to dye his hair, whereas, in the second case, he dyed it himself

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