Page 79 - English Grammar in Use Suppl. Ex. - Fifth Edition

Unit
Units
137- have something done
46
145

114 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.

115 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.

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