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Have something done and advanced passives

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Talk about jobs other people do for you, and use passives with modals, perfect and continuous tenses.

Choose the correct form

Choose the option that correctly completes each sentence.

  1. I don't cut my own hair. I ___ at a salon near my office.
    • a) have cut it
    • b) cut it
    • c) have it cut
  2. We're ___ a new kitchen fitted next month.
    • a) doing
    • b) having
    • c) making
  3. Where did you ___ your photos printed?
    • a) have
    • b) had
    • c) having
  4. The report ___ by Friday, so we need to start now.
    • a) must be finished
    • b) must finish
    • c) must been finished
  5. The new hospital ___ at the moment. It will open next year.
    • a) is building
    • b) has built
    • c) is being built
  6. Your application ___. We will contact you soon.
    • a) has received
    • b) has been received
    • c) is receiving
  7. The painting ___ to be worth a great deal of money.
    • a) is believing
    • b) believes
    • c) is believed
  8. Ama ___ her passport renewed before the trip.
    • a) had
    • b) has been
    • c) did

Write the passive form

Type the correct form of the words in brackets.

  1. My laptop was very slow, so I ___ (have / it / repair) at a shop in town.
  2. The bridge ___ (close) since Monday because of the floods.
  3. The results will ___ (announce) tomorrow morning.
  4. Sorry about the noise. Our bathroom ___ (renovate) this week.
  5. Kwame is ___ (have) his car serviced tomorrow.
  6. The old mill is believed to have ___ (build) in the 15th century.
  7. It ___ (say) that the lake has no bottom, but of course that isn't true.
  8. I hate ___ (tell) what to do.

Answer key

Choose the correct form

  1. c) have it cutSomeone else does the job for me, so we use have + object + past participle: have it cut.
  2. b) havingSomeone will fit the kitchen for us, so we use have something done. Here it is in the present continuous for a future arrangement.
  3. a) haveAfter did, we use the base form: did you have + object + past participle.
  4. a) must be finishedThe report doesn't finish anything itself, so we need the modal passive: must be + past participle.
  5. c) is being builtThe work is in progress now and the hospital receives the action, so we use the present continuous passive.
  6. b) has been receivedSomeone received the application, and the result matters now, so we use the present perfect passive.
  7. c) is believedPeople believe this, so we use the reporting passive: is believed + to + infinitive.
  8. a) hadAn office renewed the passport for her, so we use had + object + past participle.

Write the passive form

  1. had it repaired / got it repairedSomeone at the shop did the job for me in the past: had + object + past participle.
  2. has been closed / 's been closedSince Monday connects the past with now, so we use the present perfect passive: has been closed.
  3. be announcedAfter a modal such as will, the passive is be + past participle.
  4. is being renovated / 's being renovatedThe work is in progress now, so we use the present continuous passive: is being renovated.
  5. havingThis is a future arrangement in the present continuous: is having + object + past participle.
  6. been builtThe building happened earlier and the mill received the action, so we use to have been + past participle.
  7. is said / 's saidThis is a reporting passive with it: it is said that...
  8. being told / to be toldOther people tell me, so we need a passive form. Hate can take -ing or to + infinitive, so being told and to be told are both correct.

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