The participle

TASK 22. Replace the underlined phrases with the structure ‘have something done’. Follow the example.
Example. I didn’t recognize Sheila. The hairdresser dyed her hair. = She had her hair dyed.

1. 
   I’ve been getting a lot of annoying calls, so the telephone company is going to change my number.
   
2. 
   Gabrielle broke her leg six weeks ago but she’s much better now. In fact the doctor should be taking the plaster off tomorrow.
   
3. 
   Since Rowland made a lot of money, he’s not content with his little cottage, so an architect’s designed him a fine new house.
   
4. 
   This room gets too hot when the sun shines so I’m getting someone to fit the blinds on the windows.
   
5. 
   I heard that Mrs. Green didn’t trust her husband so she hired a detective to follow him!
   
6. 
   We don’t really know what Shakespeare looked like. I wish he had asked someone to paint his portrait before he died.
   
7. 
   My sister had always been self-conscious about her nose so she decided to go to a clinic for an operation which will straighten it.
   

TASK 23. Decide which of the activities in the sentences below you can do yourself and which you must ask someone to do for you. Add one more sentences to show who will do it. Follow the example.
Example. Your hair needs cutting. – I’m going to have it cut tomorrow.
Look, how dirty his car is. – I know, I promise, I’ll wash it at the weekend.

1. 
   Your shoes need mending.
   
2. 
   The wallpaper in your room needs changing.
   
3. 
   Your vacuum cleaner needs repairing.
   
4. 
   Your friend has an awful hairdo.
   
5. 
   Your watch goes wrong.
   
6. 
   Your father’s car needs servicing.
   
7. 
   The grass on your lawn wants cutting.
   
8. 
   The carpet in the sitting room is rather dirty.
   
9. 
   Here is the roll with the film you took yesterday.
   
10. 
    Your mum’s hair wants dying.
    
11. 
    You think your dress is too long.
    
12. 
    Something is wrong with your computer.
    
13. 
    The flowers on your window-sill are dying.