Tugas 1 Semester 2

Have Something Done

Speaking English means can’t be separated by the grammar used in the English language itself, which is known as Grammar. Grammar is the rules that combine words, or the sound of a rule that combines the meaning / significance. In the grammar there are different rules that we need to make a sentence in English. One other is passive voice. Passive voice is a grammatical form in which the subject is contained in the sentence or clause does not perform an act or action, but accepts action by other subjects either mentioned or not. Passive voice is composed of five shapes the rules contained therein. One is the Have Done Something.

Have something done is a form of passive voice contained in a grammar. Have something done informally used for sentence. That is, used to denote something that is done by others . Which is done by another person is a person provide service to us. For example, " He cut my hair " . But, Have something done also has a specific formula . The formula is

Have + Object + Past Participle

In addition to using the " have" we also can use the "get " for the same thing .

Example : 1 . I get my book recovered.

                  2 . We get my house fixed.

We can also describe an unpleasant or unexpected.

Example : I've had my bag broken .

In addition , we can describe a service industry that performs an activity for us .

Example : A market is a place where we can have over our Necessary bought .

Examples of the use Have Something Done :

1.  She’ having her house redecorated.

2.  I’m having a copy of the report sent to you.

3.  They will be getting the system repaired as quickly as they can.

4.  I got the bill sent direct to the company.

5.  We had our car damaged by a falling tree.

6. I got my nose broken playing rugby.

7.  I’m going to have my hair cut.

8.  We’re getting a new telephone system installed.

9.  John had all his money stolen from his hotel bedroom.

10. He’s having him house redecorated.

 Exercise!

1.      We have been sent a letter.

2.      The hairdresser cut my hair in a completely different style.

3.      A decorator has repainted our house.

4.      A friend of mine, who´s an electrician, is going to repair my DVD player next week.

5.      My jacket is being cleaned at a specialist cleaner´s.

6.      The town hall has just been rebuilt for the council.

7.      I didn't recognize Sheila. The hairdresser's dyed her hair.

8.      We don't really know what Shakespeare looked like! I wish he had asked someone to paint his portrait before he died.

9.      I heard that Ms. Green didn't trust her husband so a detective followed him!

Since Roland made a lot of money, he is not content with his little cottage, so an architect designed him a fine new house.





Source :
1. Melinda, Renna, dkk. 2013. Complete Basic English Grammar For Beginner. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Widyatama 

2. Indriani, Irma. 2014. Grammar Itu Gampang. Jakarta Timur: Dunia Cerdas