English Grammar Exercises – have something done

1. Tanya wants to rent a flat, but it needs some work before she can move in. She talks to the landlord and he agrees to her suggestions. Complete the conversation using have and the verbs in brackets.

TANYA:           This flat is in a good place, but there are a few problems.

LANDLORD:   Oh, really? What do you mean?

TANYA:           The mirror is broken.

LANDLORD:   (1) …I’ll have it replaced…… . (replace)

TANYA:           There are marks on the carpet.

LANDLORD:   (2) …………………………………… (clean)

TANYA:           I don’t like the colour of the walls.

LANDLORD:   (3) …………………………………… (paint)

TANYA:           All the furniture is in the wrong rooms.

LANDLORD:   (4) …………………………………… (rearrange)

TANYA:           One of the chairs is broken.

LANDLORD:   (5) …………………………………… (mend)

TANYA:           Several of the cupboards are full of old clothes.

LANDLORD:   (6) …………………………………… (empty)

TANYA:           The curtains are dirty.

LANDLORD:   (7) …………………………………… (wash)

TANYA:           Then I might rent the flat.

2. Rewrite the underlined words using have something done.

1   I didn’t recognise Sheila because the hairdresser’s dyed her hair.

      ……she’s had her hair dyed. ……

2   My laptop is very slow, so a friend is going to install a new operating system for me.

3   Gaby’s parents are going to ask a painter to paint her portrait.

4   Simon has made a lot of money, so an architect’s designed him a beautiful new house.

5   This room gets hot when the sun shines, so I’m employing someone to fit blinds on the windows.

6   I heard that Mrs Green didn’t trust her husband, so she hired a detective to follow him!

7   My sister spilt soup down her favourite dress, so she is taking it to the dry-cleaners for them to remove the stain.