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Verb patterns · CEFR B2 · Confident
Somebody else does it for you.
Rebuild this lesson’s reference sentence. Other tasks can have other valid word orders.
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I had my hair cut yesterday.
have / get + thing + third form
Question 1 of 1
Choose an answer, then check why it fits.
This is a check of this example, not an English level assessment.
Example 1 of 1
I had my hair cut yesterday.
Unless you cut it yourself, use "had it cut".
The shape
have / get + thing + third form
Say you had something done for you.
In Hindi
काम कोई और आपके लिए करता है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
I cut my hair yesterday. | I had my hair cut yesterday. Unless you cut it yourself, use "had it cut". |
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Causatives (have it done) is a CEFR B2 structure — the confident band — and it belongs to verb patterns. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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