Have something done

I. Construction “To have something done”

We use “to have something done" construction when we want to say that somebody else does something for you. See the difference:

He tuned his violin - (he did it himself);

He had his giano tuned - (somebody else did it for him).

In informal English we can replace “have” by “get”.

We’re getting a new system installed.

We often use this construction in a service industry* that will help us get what needs to be done.

A jeweller’s is a place where you can have your watch fixed.

A dry cleaner’s is a place where you can have your suit cleaned.

A florist’s is a place where you can have flowers delivered.

In this construction “to have” is a main verb and it can changc its tense forms as usual. See the chart below:

Present Simple	I have/get my guitar strung
Past Simple	I had/got my guitar strung
Future Simple	I will have/ will get my guitar strung
Present Continuous	I am having/am getting my guitar strung
Past Continuous	I was having/was getting my guitar strung
Present Perfect	I have hadliave got my guitar strung
Past Perfect	1 had had/had got my guitar strung
Modals +	I must have/get my guitar strung
To be going to +	I’m going to have/get my guitar strung

Ex. 2.Translate the following sentences into Uzbek:

1. Andreyev had the balalaikas built in five sizes from soprano to bass.

2. A hairdresser’s is a place where you can have your hair cut.

3. Have you ever had your nose broken in a fight?

4. A garage is a place where you can have your car repaired.

5. We are going to have our Chamber Hall walls painted this weekend.

6. I will have my son taught music.

7. A dentist's is a place where you can have your teeth checked.

8. Did you have your instrument fixed?

9. You will need to get your photo taken for your visa.

10. An optician's is a place where you can have your eyes checked.

II. Word formation: Compounds

Compound nouns are usually written either as two separate words or as one word: hyphens are very rarely used. There are no precise rules as to the spelling of compound nouns, but the following should be remembered:

1. When two short nouns are joined together, they form one word without a hyphen: school+boy = schoolboy;

2. When we form compound nouns with the use of self (self-education) or verb particle (make-up) we usually use a hyphen;

3. When a compound is accepted as a single word, it can be written either as one word, two separate words or with the hyphen. The tendency is to avoid hyphens where possible.

Ex. 3. Find all possible compounds. give their Uzbek equivalents:

kettle	piece	shoulder	piece
sound	rest	double	key
chin	board	mouth	rest
fret	peg	finger	stock
Finger	rest	head	Taught
Mouth	board	key	Board
Tuning	hole	water	Bass
Tail	drum	self­	Hole

Exercise 4. Let’s have some fun!Read a joke.

(A knock at the door) - Who’s there?

- Madam, I'm a piano tuner.

- I didn’t send for a tuner.

- I know it. lady; the neighbours did