Talking about “having something done” in English

Thank you!

miguel100

Thank Rebecca great lesson as usal

Miguel Jimenéz Agudelo

As usual, you explain difficult grammar topics with great ease Rebecca. To tell the truth, this grammar structure is not that easy to grasp. It requires some practice before you put it into real use.

By the way, I looked high and low for the quiz and to my dismay, I couldn’t find it.

I’m sure you’re going to have it done for you (LOL), don’t you? (Is this last sentence correct? Rebecca)

Great Job, thanks a lot.

Regino

“I’m sure you’re going to have it done for you (LOL), aren’t you?
And yes, she had me and Moderator do it for her… the quiz is there now!

engVid

Thanks, I follow your videos and you are amazing.

rsaavedra64

Thank you very much. I have my car painted when it is still under warranty.

VietNam1984

Amazing lesson! Thanks Rebecca. I had the pipes in my bathroom revamped this morning.Unfortunately, I’m not good with my hands.

Oleg1983

Thanks, Respected Rebecca.

Shaheenbwp

Thank you Rebecca, I quite understand after do the quiz. Your material online is very useful and very important for using to talk about something I don’t by myself. I got 10 correct out of 10 Thank you again.

Ukrit

Hello Rebecca.
Thanks for this lesson . I wonder how to detail who have done the action . Must I say ?
I have the mechanic , my car repaired Or
I have my car repaired by the mechanic. Or
I have the mechanic repairing my car
Thank you again for all your useful lessons and kind answers .
See you

tsamp

GOt 10/10…
can you please teach us about the use of ” USED TO”…
I mean if we have to express our habbit in present past and future

badar646

Hello,Rebecca! I’m always looking for your lessons. Causative verbs are one of the difficult tasks for me. Thank you for useful lesson!

fukukiyo

Hello again Rebecca ,
I left my comment before doing the quiz questions . I think I have had partially an answer to my previous question . However I would like if some of my sentences would be correct ?
I ´d like to know if for question 5 , ” Elena has portraits of her family taken ” has the same meaning than ” has portraits taken of her family ” .
Thanks

tsamp

Hi,
interesting question. I think that both sentences might have same meaning. question 6 probably is your answer:

6. Lucas had the roof of his house fixed after the tornado struck. He had to call in a professional repair company.

If you get answer from Rebecca, let me know. Thx.

countdown

Hi .I think they are not the same. When you say: …has portraits taken of her family… it means her family had some portraits with themselves and she caused some one took the portraits from (of) them !!or something like that!I hope I’m right . Best regards.

Soei

You´re right!, this changes will be useful to improve the lenguage… being honest, I usally say: I cut my hair last month. Now I´ll say: I have my hair cut last month. Thank you!

CarlosBris

sorry, the correct form is: I had my hair cut last month :$

CarlosBris

I shave my bald head every day by myself, no problem; I’m autonomous and I need no barber!
But I need Engvid to improve my English, no doubt….

Canardo

thank you

khalidmosa

Thank you for this lesson.
I have my English improved everyday by Engvid.com.

brodjag

Thanks, Rebecca. Great lesson.

Rozenn

Hello, Rebecca and Engvid teachers. Question 5: Would the sentence be grammatically correct and more effective if I write Eliana has her family portraits taken every Chrismas? Thank you.

Lfabian2013

Hello Rebecca.Glad to see you again.This was most awaited video for me.Thanks for useful explanation.By for now :)

TEJALKK

Very very interesting and useful lesson. I have been studying English for a while, but it’s the first time that I realize how to say sentences like these. Thank you very much

countdown

God bless you Rebecca, I’ve been waiting for this lesson for ages

mescal

I have this lesson learned by Rebecca.
Thanks Rebecca/EngVid.com

Jahal

This is passive causative isn’t it.

cuongchung1

I got 9/10 without listening this lesson

emo53

Good boy! Take a cake from a shelf

Kubanez

Thank you very much Rebecca!!!You´re a very good teacher, and you make lessons fun and useful :)

knopfler86

Thank you very much.

bahlaek

thank you very much

hacgiay

That’s very interesting. Thank you Rebecca.

Dicky Chiang

Thanks

Mahmoudsaid

Hi Rebecca! Nice lesson! Good job! But I did not understand the difference between “I paint the house every year”; “I have the house painted every year” Could you explain this more better? Thanks for all! Good luck)

Batirbek

Hi Batirbek,
I will try to explain.
1.I paint the house every day – this means that you paint your house yourself. Without any help.
2.I have the house painted every year – you do not do anything about painting. You ask every year somebody else or firm to perform this work.

emo53

Thanks a lot Rebecca ! I’m sure my students will love this lesson :-)

chrisdepiesse

Thank you very much

fawzy1967

I cook carnival “cenci” by myself. The most part of people have they cooked by pastry chef:)

byte

Hi Rebecca! This is my first time in your class videos!! I enjoyed!! Thank you for the great lesson.

edi46r

thank you :)

ritu4

I got 9 correct out of
Thank you Rebecca

Oussouby94

why you not add (ed) in ( cut ) ??

alhousni009

why you don’t add (ed) in ( cut)

alhousni008

Hi alhousni008,
the reason is very simple. Cut is irregular verb.

emo53

Hi,first I would like to thank you and I want to ask you that `I have my hair cut every month` or `I have cut my hair every month`

erru.habte54@yahoo.com

I have my hair cut every month. It’s a way she explained us. rewind it. :) are you french speaker from Canada or?! I’m just curious.

nickaa

I mean,is that present perfect or nope, and what tense is it?
thanks for reply me.

erru.habte54@yahoo.com

Hi,
I have my hair cut every month. Passive sentence. It is not present perfect. The tense is present simple tense with passive format.

industrialengineer

Thanks man for your curious.

erru.habte54@yahoo.com

It was a very interesting lesson Rebecca, thanks!

Aleachi

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add me

momen hassn

I love your teaching.

jinninepch

Thanks a ton. I have finally anderstood this structure. It was kinda vague gramarical structure for me. so thanks once again. greetings from Georgia

nickaa

Rebecca thanks one more time, your videos are very clear and useful, i’ve learn a lot with you

lemp

Thanks so much!

Rositaa

You guys are my ideals , thanks alt .

Baryalaii

Thanks miss , your lesson are very important for improve my learning

hurricane123

thanks

Bahaa89

Thank you, Rebecca

RedLO

Great Lesson, I´ve just joined this website and can say that´s clear lesson and very understandable.

fernandohook

A great explain ?

Victorya88

Thank you a lot teacher

fatihaeng

Thank you!!

wlmsantos

The tip that maybe we don’t know a lot ! Thank you very much.

Soei

thanks you.
it was an useful lesson

inmometep

I got 10 out of 10. I’m truly happy as I’m making a progress in English using Engvig.com. & I am also happy that I found this site fortunately. As teachers at engvid.com you are doing a very good thing for those who still unable to speak and understand English. By using these kind of simple lessons anyone can improve their English. :) ♥ As I did. God bless you. :)

SanjulaHapugoda

Thank you. Very helpful.

ikonnikova.natalia@gmail.com

I cut my hair by myself. I haven’t have my hair cut at a salon for a long time. Thank you, Rebecca. Great lesson :)

Happy04

Dear engvid staff.
I mainly use my IPad and I can’t reply to a comment posted by other members on Engvid website .
It runs on a computer but not on a Ipad and it is the same on a IPhone .
Do you have any idea how I can fix this problem ?
Thanks

tsamp

Hi tsamp, we’re looking into it! I will get back to you.

engVid Moderator

This website is very useful for English learner like me. I got a perfect score again!

sars0216

Hi I’d like to practice with you English, if you want too add me on skipe my nikname is donatello133, byeeeeeee

Donatello

Thank you Rebecca!

talhazien

I have wonder the topic for long time!
Thank you!

erolcaglar

It was easy to understand!!. Thanks a lot for your explanation. It is always a pleasure to watch your lessons. Best regards Rebecca.

jean.rodriguez-1

Interesting and smart way of teaching

rashid47010

Hello Rebecca. The lesson belongs to the “Complex Object” topic, doesn’t it?

DashaBond

thanks!

nayem

Thank you!

Rogly

Thank you, Rebecca!

linochok

Hi Rebecca, I im Paulo Iam Braziam and I like very much learn english with you, I tihnk you are a simpathy or person. Keep these way you are 10

psfon

Sorry above I wrong. ” I want to say: you are a simpathy of person”

psfon

wow!!100% is my first time!!

felito

Thanks a lot!

linoreale

I liked it..

Pinto

Thank you!!

robdiaz67

Thank you very much!

Matanto

This topic is really useful specially, in the way we talk or type.
Thank you do much

Anwarlawyer

Dear Rebecca, I adore your video. Thanks a lot=)

Crabson93

Thank you so much Rebecca for this great lesson. I will try to practice this week..

Frances2

thank you Rebecca very much!

AlessandroItaly

Thank you it was good quiz 90% wow

Alexandermaltsev85

Hi, Rebecca.
This lesson is very helpful, I really master it. But, I wonder if this expression way is structured from the passive causative form?
Thank you very much indeed, Rebecca.

Chloe.Lee

Thank you very much Rebecca’s nice return comment . I got a perfect score!
I really appreciate your help.

mamemama

very helpful lesson 4 me .. love it!

gingerlko123

how cool it is! first time I did the test 100%

lyubov 2016

Congrats!!!!!!

Leandro Cleber

Thank you <3

hosseinlan

today i am not able to watch your video lessons. What happened?

Ziya Kerimli

Rebecca you’re very clear whe you explain the lesson God bless you for your commitment, see you soon

Donatello

When sorry

Donatello

Thank you Rebecca. It is my first lesson and I am very satisfaction.

GersonSena

Thanr you! Neve known about it

agnia

Thanks a lot Rebecca

Dr.Mohammad

that was very important to me.now i understand it.

moussa ally

Thank Rebecca,very clear))

Sveta4ka

Thanks.

uThiago

See my picture…
I had my hair cut last week :)

Luke

I had my report made for my sister last week.

genilvan

Great lessons. A lot to learn, Thanks Rebecca !!

frankwdux

Very useful lessons! thank you a lot!

Vakhid

Thank you, Rebecca! It`s very interesting. But, all your examples have only regular verbs:
paint
cut
clean
wash.
Please,give us some examples with irregular verbs in the past tense. We must use second or third form of irregular verbs?

Igor Kichko

Cut is irregular verb) by the way it was said in comments above. I figure we should use 3 form in this case, like in passive voice tences

Kubanez

Thank you Rebecca for the lesson.The form of sentence is new for me, so it makes to look the sentence on different angle.By the way, I had my shoes repaired a week ago.It did my father for me.He is good with his hands.:)

anahit15

Thanks a lot emo53! Now I understood. It was very kind of you)

Batirbek

Excellent lesson as usual!
Thank you very much

Vivimi

Many thanks. I get 90 degree in the quiz.

Mohamedhrm

thank you for your kindness and i appreciate you, actually it’s interesting lesson and important as well

Alimna

thank you for this useful lesson

ashura

I love how easy and simple it was,thank u?

Samar ashi

I have memorised many word to put them in to practice dat my problems

salisu3030

Thank Rebecca!!!

HECTORM

Thak You Ms Rebecca

piotrpita

Thanks. In our country we can use something similar but is unusual. In the quiz, the first question is kind of tricky, lol

Bergvolk

thaku ma’am

sandeepvihan

Thanks, Rebecca.

Tiiiago

Hi Ribecca,you are a realy wornderful teacher.this your lesson has realy helped me.tnks alot.

matriarchal lord

Dear Rebecca,
Thank you for this very helpful lesson for speaking correctly.
Yours sincerely.

Peter

Thank you!

Ingrid T. Akamine

I have a question: is this exam really for advanced english speakers? I consider myself at this said level, but, I probably need to improve it. I asked this though, because i found this exam way too easy, and I didn’t even watched the video lesson..Is the exam too simple, or is my english already fluent?

gabefmanzo

What is your goal in studying english? In what way did you use the word “way” in your question? Could you explain it, please?

Kubanez

I really appreciated this lesson and my score for it was 100. Amazing :)

Beth74Sp

Thank you.

vkachan69

Yes! I´m so happy for passing the test with no mistakes. Moreover, I´m going to get through a life-changing interview this month in which I´ll have to perform a class. Well, I guees I´ll work on this subject due to its lack of use in Brazil. I found it interesting. Thanks a lot, teacher Rebecca. Take care.

Emanoel Pereira

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I hope you like it.

Bushra hg

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Bushra hg

Rebecca, thank you so much. It was very useful English to know the collect meaning. You are Great!

Tammyjang1

Thank you so much!!!

HuynhDucTin

great lesson thanks!!

diegovirviescas

Thank you so much, Rebecca. This topic was very helpful for me.

Frikler

Thanks Rebecca

ajpalmag

Question Num 7 is kind of complicated , the only question i got wrong xD , good lesson !

Snipeer445

thank You
10 of 10

I’m goood

abramchukov

thanks for the lesson

DiegoPortoMoraes

Perfect for me. Thank you Barbara.

beernaard

Very interesting, thanks a lot

Genaro Suarez

Thank you very much Ma’am!

anita

Thanks, Rebecca, for this lesson!

I really cut my “hair”, but when I was younger I usually had my hair cut every month or so.

Fabio Cicerre

maybe if you say: … when I was younger I used to have my hair cut every month” sounds better.. cheers.

Levoustly

many thanks teacher, but i get confuse with what you discussed and prefect tense.

fismail70

Thanks Rebecca. I usually had my hair cut by my mother when I was a child. :)

greenbike

Thanks Rebecca.My husband has his hair cut every month by me.

Arthitiya

Thank you, Rebecca! This lesson helps me a lot!

Breakthough5087

Very useful lesson, Rebecca. I don´t have my clothes washed on saturdays. I do it by myself. :-)

juan.urgiles

Thank you Rebecca for your lesson!

Wellie

Rebecca, thank you for your great lesson! I understand the topic but it was not easy.

emrahbulduk

Thank you Rebecca. I learned so much from your class. Could you please teach us the difference between the following verbs: to switch,to change and to exchange? I sometimes get confused with these verbs. Thank you in advanced! :D

Carlsbad

Appreciated Rebecca

Mustafa.aldulaimi

Thanks

Bengu D.

thank you so much for this lesson I receive i new knowledge thanks Mis Rebeca

lari16

Many thanks Rebecca

Miramis

Thank you so much Rebecca! Your explanation so clear. I got 100% on quiz.

Elena

Thank you so much Rebecca!

De Dieu

Thank you very much Rebecca! Listening to your lessons is a really pleasure…!!!
Great Engvid!!! Learning English has never been so easy and fun…!!!

lucascotti

Go ahead.

Jewel

Thanks..

Jewel

Can I say
John has cleaned his Apartment every week

Saharat.25850

Great lesson! Thank you!

Frejasekbobasek

Good afternoon Rebecca, thanks for the lesson. Today I got 9 correct , my answer by the first question was unfortunately not correct, but I think that is okay because I can learn with this mistake, and I want to make better in the future.
I like your lessons so much and you are really a very good teacher.
Have a nice Sunday! Best regards from Germany. Jacinta

Jacy

damm… I’ve just got 70, Thanks Rebecca, I think I need learn it harder….

Azizbudiyanto11

Thank you Rebecca, I’ve learned so much from you.

(This lesson is the 2’d lesson from you)

So far I give you a 5 star computer program.
And this is just the 2’d video!!

Thank You!!!!!

(Sorry of my face expression in the picture, I am not mad or sad, I am sooooooooo HAPPY!! :)

danielhuynh804

Got 100%

danielhuynh804

Thank you so much, it is very useful…:)

Vivian1704

Rebecca, you made the correction in this video about the following example sentence – Original: I had my hair cut every month. Corrected: I had my hair cut last month. Don’t you think it was unnecessary? I mean there was nothing wrong with it. It simply means that you used to have your hair cut every month, but not anymore. Hope for your clarification on this. Thank you.

vladandevla

Hi, she made the correction because the verb is in past tense HAD, so the time can’t be every. I think that. bye

amg1688

thanks,Rebecca for your efforts ….:D

sarah adel

thank you

Alsu71

Thank you, dear Rebecca!

MicGal

thanks

omarzada

Thankyou hihi

yati-maba

You are really perfect teacher.

Almasabi97

thank you so much!

leyligul

its was not a new thing but still in a new way.
i really appreciate. And i love this site. all the teachers here are fantastic

iqrar Ahmed

Thank you Rebecca for you nice explanations.

Metin egrioglu

Thanks a lot Rebecca, I really enjoyed this lesson, it was wonderful, great idea, clear explanation and practical.

Maliban

So, I’d like to thank you for this great lesson, i wish i had my presencial english classes taught by you.

thiagoribeiro015

Thanks, it helps to improve my skills.

mehedimithu

Thanks Rebecca! I love your lessons…

Marylou

Thanks Miss. Rebecca

rosanita

Rebecca! Thanks for sharing this knowledge.

My score 100/100%

Mark Viana

Thanks so much! Love your video every time! On my way to improve my English Grammar!

Cindylyx

thanks very much for this lesson rebeca

qmraldyn

really useful,thnk

annflo

I have 8/10 for the test
Thank you for this lesson

shipperger

I loved this lesson. I repeated the lesson two times and I could understand it. I think that the practice of the lesson is very important.

Mario Martinez

Hello Rebecca, thank you for clear and helpful explanation.

monikamonika2511

thank you Ms. rebeca

marinalopez

thank you rebeca i really enjoy your lesson

faresshind

Thank you, Rebecca. The lesson seems easy, but I sometimes make a mistake.

RedLO

hi rebeca,i like your all lesson.but there is noone with whom i can speak in english…could you help me?/

sampadababli17

hi rebecca! it was very helpful, i appreciate it. thank you.

riche KAYA

Thanks a lot Reveca, it’s a really useful grammer!

deardoor

Hello
Rebecca you are very good teacher!
Thank you so much!

007esc

Thank u,Rebecca.
It’s very useful lesson.Also it’s clear for me.
I got 10/10.

Bob1975

Thanks a lot, Rebecca!

springbok

I cut my own hair today,but I have my nails done at the beautyshop.Is it OK like this,Rebecca?

Tammyjang1

Rebecca I love yours lessons. You are a excellent teacher. Thank you!

AlineAmaral

it is really helpful.thanks rebecca

tarun kumar

Thanks Rebecca for the explanation

rosanita

Thank you for helping me.
My english is getting better.
You are the best english teacher.

lyeana

Thank you madame, you’re an amazing teacher

SarraELMALKI

good ! thanks.

Soei

– I install my farm irrigation system every year
–> I have my farm irrigation system installed every year.
– I installed my farm irrigation system last year
–> I had my farm irrigation system installed last year
– I will install my farm irrigation system next year
–> I will have my farm irrigation system installed next year.
hope that my sentences are correct

Abdellah Aksel

beneficial video ! thank you
in fact i used to have my hair cut , but now i cut my hair myself :)

YoussefZidan

Thank you so much!

Daniela77

You are great and wonderful.I like your way of teaching. Thanks so muchhhh.

meengviduser

I got 10/10 This lesson was helpful for me. Thanks a lot Rebecca!

KonstansFaust

Thanks Becky very helpful lesson indeed!!!

DylaCR

great class teacher rebecca…I learned very well, becouse you teache me all things about this theme…tank you very much …I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST…

marcelo simoni

i had this theme
taught by teacher rebecca….

marcelo simoni

Thanks, Rebecca. Great lesson. I made one mistake only.

nickandr

Rebecca, you are the best tutor on this website for me.

dme123

thank you very much for lesson.

kabur

Thank you, Rebecca! You are a wonderful teacher!

verovero

Thank you!

engVid770

I’ll preparing for a quiz next month.thank you Rebecca .

Elsabrosojr

Thank you very much!!!

Patricia13

I’ve got 10 correct out of 10. Thank you for your lesson.
I’m always so happy that I can learn very important of English grammer from you. I will keep staying here to learn more.
However, I might have my computer fixed sooner or later because it doesn’t work well these days.

Young Kyung Lee

Amazing lesson! i understood everythnig. i always use this web site to check myself and repeat other topics.Go on !

Zuleykha Mammadova

great lesson !

Wai Bing

Hi everyone Rebeca, thank you so much, all your videos are amazing, i always learn something new. You’re a excellent teacher

amg1688

Thank you very much for these lessons.

fwtertulien

It was useful lesson. Thank you.

Lenito 1

Thank you Rebecca

Tyrion

thanks so much, I try to look your classes every day, help me a lot.

PATRICIA AGUIRRE ARAYA

Thanks a lot!!!

Anna Slukvina

All the best for you REBACA thanks a lot

Zaki46

thanks a lot

Sergio Beno

You got 9 correct out of 10.

thank you

M kartal

Thanks Rebecca.

Alex-1956

Amazing lesson…thanks Rebecca.
I’m confused in the beginning, but after the quiz it sticks in my mind.

tahertahmasbi

It is a little bit difficult for me to use this type of sentence without thinking before twice because in my native language I express both situation in the same manner, using the same kind of grammar. But, as I am on a mission to improve my skills, I will do my best to correct myself.

Irina 894

Thanks a lot ! It was really helpful .

gyomber

thanks a lot,
i’m from Djibouti, i’m a trainee English teacher and i will have taught this lesson next week,
so it was useful for me…
thanks again,

foulaan

Great lesson. I do understand now. Thank you Rebecca :)

EwaMcg

After so many years that I’ve been studying English, I finally learned a correct way of saying these kind of statements. I’m really thankful to you Rebecca and to all the teachers in Engvid for making such a wonderful videos!

Jevan

Now, I don’t need to have my email checked by my coworkers if my message is all about this topic.

Jevan

Mr Dear professer thank you for the great lessons!

Bah Abdurahim

Thank you for the lesson,mam.

Mahim Hossain

Thank you.

pgunarathna

Realy information given is very important & usefull in daily vocublary .

thsanks

Abdul Sajid Khan

ForExp.

daily i bring fresh vegitable – if same activity done by other person so how we can say.

Abdul Sajid Khan

Thank you.

Abduke

Now I understood.

Bernardo Lamparina

Thank you

imad messaoudi

Rebeca you are the best english teacher.

Rimal1

Thanks for teaching.

wonna htay

I cook my dinner every morning but yesterday I had my anti cooked my dinner. I realized that she is quite nice cooker.

Kunu

Many thanks. I love the way you explain.

Aye Mya Phyu

Thank you for the lesson! It was the lesson that I needed. It helped me to understand the grammar better and also, it has improved my speaking and writing. I’m looking forward to seeing more lessons like this one.

Ivo Ivanov 999

Thank you, Rebecca. You always make the difficult simple. Are other tenses involved in this structure?

ioaathdim

Thanks for the useful lesson. I got 8 out of 10

harmeet0801

Thank you for this lesson.

MahmoudAmine

I cut my hair all by myself every time when my hair grow long.

Thank you,Rebecca.

Tammyjang1

I watched this video twice on June 29, 2021, and took the quiz after watching it once. I got ten correct out of 10.

ergn

I watched this video twice on June 30, 2021, and took the quiz after watching it once. I got eight correct out of 10.

ergn

I watched this video one more time on July 20, 2021.

ergn

I watched this video on september 6, 2021.
10/10 it is amazing
i enjoy your explanation of the rules
thanks Rebecca

Jannyl

I always have my nails done at the salon.
I had my nails done at the salon yesterday.
I will have my nails done at the salon everyday.
I wish I will have my nails done at the salon everyday.
Hi. Rebecca. Did I say right?

Tammyjang1

thanks bestie !