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10.4 Passive Causative: Get Something Done

Get + Object + Past Participle
She got her hair done.

Did he get the car washed?

Why have you gotten the locks changed?

1. Use passive causatives with get to talk | got my teeth cleaned.
about services that people arrange for (The dentist cleaned my teeth.)
someone to do. Have and gef usually have
the same meaning in passive causatives.

2. The form of the verb get changes with She’s getting her hair dyed right now.
different tenses and modal verbs. She gets her hair dyed every two months.
She hasn't gotten her hair dyed recently.
She’s going to get her hair dyed soon.
She shouldn't get her hair dyed.

5 Complete the conversations. Use the correct form tahoe
of get and the objects and verbs in parentheses.
Use by + the agent when it is
necessary to say who did the action.
1. A: Your hair looks great.
Did you get the pictures taken by
B: Thanks. I___ got tt cut (it / cut) last
your neighbor?
week at the new hair salon on First Street.
No, we had them taken by a
professional photographer.
De : Excellent. I (my eyes / check) last month.
: How’s your eyesight?

De : These pants are too long. I need to (them / shorten).

: You can take them to the tailor after work. He’s open until seven o’clock.
De : Can you drive me to the mall?

: Sorry, my car is at the repair shop. I (it / service) today.

DF : I'll order a pizza. What time should we pick it up?

(it / deliver)?
: Why don’t we
eke : Do you have a credit card?

Dm
: No, but I’m going to get one. First, I have to
(the application / sign) by my parents.

o> Ww : Ilike the pharmacist at Green Street Pharmacy. He fills prescriptions quickly.
: Your car looks really clean. Did you wash it yourself?
No, ]____—CSCS7 }PCti<CS;tSStt / wash) at the local car wash.
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: Yes, I always go there to (prescriptions / fill).

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