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Causative Use of Have

Reword the following sentences, using HAVE or GET with a past participle.

 1. Someone washed my car for me yesterday        .

2. Someone doesn't clean them for us every day        .

3. I asked someone to paint the gate last week         .

4. Someone tuned her piano for her yesterday        .

5. Somebody will have to see it for you         .

6. I asked a man to mend my shoes         .

7. Somebody sends Maisie her dresses from Paris       .

8. Your hair wants cutting. You must        .

9. Tell someone to translate it into English      .

10.Our season tickets need renewing. We must                .

11.I'll ask someone to make a new one                 .

12.We ordered somebody to whitewash the ceiling              .

13.Order someone to send it round to the house         .

14.The knives want sharpening. We must                .

15.We must find somebody to chop all this wood up         .

16.Tell him to take another photograph      .

17.I'm going to tell someone to add an extra room               .

18.Your car wants servicing. You must        .

19.He asked his tailor to lengthen the trousers           .