xHealthY  +  679970 Wed, 25 Feb 09 03:27 PM Can someone explain me how to do this? Here's an example Someone does my taxes every April. I have my taxes done every April 1. Someone is repairing my computer 2. My favorite mechanic at majesctic Motors checked my car. xHealthY Joined on Thu, Oct 30 2008 Full Member 213

	Philip  +  679975 Wed, 25 Feb 09 03:36 PM If you give it a try, we'll be glad to help you with any problems. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Yankee  +  679985 Wed, 25 Feb 09 04:10 PM Hi xHealthY I assume your teacher has probably told you that one basic format for this sort of thing is "have something done".  You can look at that as a "base" form.  When you use this format, you are basically saying that a Person A causes an unidentified Person B to do something.  In other words, A has something done (by B). Let's look at your first example: - Someone does my taxes every April.  (B does my taxes every April.) The verb "do" is used in the simple present. The only way that "someone" would do your taxes for you would be if you asked or told "someone" to do that.  Therefore, you cause "someone" to do your taxes for you.  "Someone" is non-specific Person B, and you are Person A in this case. - I have my taxes done every April.  =  A causes B to do A's taxes every April.  The verb "have" is used in the simple present. Now let's look at question 1: 1. Someone is repairing my computer. The verb "repair" is used in the present continuous in that sentence, so you need to continue with that tense in the "have something done" version of the sentence.  In other words, you need to use "have" in the present continuous form": 1a. I am having my computer repaired.  ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. My favorite mechanic at Majestic Motors checked my car. Your second sentence is different from sentence 1 because in this case you are not referring to a non-specific "someone".  In this case the person who is doing the work is specified. The usual format for this would be "have someone do something".  Did your teacher also mention this format to you? Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,500 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Simple Present, Tenses, Present Continuous, Present Tenses, Sentences, Simple Tenses, Continuous Tenses

	xHealthY  +  679989 Wed, 25 Feb 09 04:19 PM Okay I will give it try 1. Someone is repairing my computer I have my computer repaired by someone. 2. My favorite mechanic at Majestic Motors checked my car.  I have my car checked by my favorite mechanic at majestic motors. 3. Someone has just cleaned our windows. I had my window cleaned by someone. 4. Someone is going to cut our grass. He will have our grass cut. 5. Someone must paint our house He have our house painted. I know it wrong. :\ I need someone to teach how to do this I know I need to find the  Subj+have/get+object+ main verb/pp ( by agent ) xHealthY Plants

	Yankee  +  679997 Wed, 25 Feb 09 04:40 PM xHealthY “1. Someone is repairing my computer.  (tense = present continuous) I have am having my computer repaired by someone. 2. My favorite mechanic at Majestic Motors checked my car.  (tense = simple past)  I have had my car checked by my favorite mechanic at majestic motors. 3. Someone has just cleaned our windows. (tense = present perfect, and the word "our" means you have to talk about "we") I had my window cleaned by someone. We have just had our windows cleaned. 4. Someone is going to cut our grass. (tense = "be going to" future, and the word "our" means you have to talk about "we") He will have our grass cut. We are going to have our grass cut. 5. Someone must paint our house. (modal word "must", and the word "our" means you have to talk about "we") We must have our house painted. ” Hi xHealthy You seem to have the right idea, but you need to keep tenses and who is doing what in mind.  So, keep practicing! I guess your teacher has not told you about "have someone do something" yet. Yankee Tenses, Present Continuous, Present Tenses, Modals, Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Tenses, Plants, Simple Tenses, Continuous Tenses

	xHealthY  +  680010 Wed, 25 Feb 09 05:18 PM Lol , yeah I need practice. I don't want to fail . I have a test next week. ;/ but thx for the help can you tell me about "have someone do something? lol She did not had the time to tell us. xHealthY

	xHealthY  +  680015 Wed, 25 Feb 09 05:32 PM Someone should check our electrical wiring. We should have checked our electrical wiring. Northtown contractors will probably do most of the work on our house We will probably have our contractors do most of the work on the house They might build a new porch for us too. A new porch might be built for us by them. Someone had better fix the neighbors roof. "??" had better have fixed the neighbors roof. xHealthY

	Yankee  +  680017 Wed, 25 Feb 09 05:33 PM Hi xHealthY If your teacher has not mentioned "have someone do something", then maybe you shouldn't worry about that yet. Right now you should probably focus on and try to master what you need for your upcoming test.  But don't be too surprised if you see the format "have someone do something" in a lesson sometime soon. (Sneak preview:  I had my favorite mechanic at Majestic Motors check my car.) Yankee

	Yankee  +  680025 Wed, 25 Feb 09 05:53 PM xHealthY “Someone should check our electrical wiring. We should have our electrical wiring checked our electrical wiring. Northtown contractors will probably do most of the work on our house We will probably have Northtown contractors do most of the work on the house They might build a new porch for us too. A new porch might be built for us by them.  That is NOT a causative passive.  It is a just a normal passive sentence (and "by them" is unnecessary in the sentence). The causative passive would have to begin with the word "We".  Can you figure it out yourself? Causative:  We .... (You need 6 more words after "We") Someone had better fix the neighbors roof. "??" had better have fixed the neighbors roof. The neighbors had better have their roof fixed. ” Yankee