The United Kingdom（Period 5 Grammar）
t: yes, you are very clever.now, look at part 2 (discovering useful structures) on pages 12-13.complete the sentences by using the words in brackets and the structure have /get /find something done.
t: let’s do no.1 as an example.we are having the house mended now.
(after several minutes.)
s1: no.2 you look different today.have you had your hair cut?
s2: no.3 do you want to get the dictionary delivered to your house or would you prefer to come to the shop for it?
s3: no.4 sorry, i haven’t had the film developed yet.
s4: no.5 on my way to the station my car broke down.when i got to the repair shop i found it closed.
s5: no.6 the computer doesn’t seem to work well.you’d better get it repaired.
s6: no.7 jill and eric had all their money stolen while they were on holiday.
s7: no.8 chris had some flowers sent to sarah on her birthday.then chris asked sarah to marry hem and they had it announced in the newspaper.they had no time to arrange their own wedding, so they had it organized by a company.
t: excellent.past participle used as the object complement can also be put after such words as see, hear, notice, watch, keep, make, feel, etc.please put the following sentences into english.
1.她高興地看到孩子們在托兒所受到很好的照顧。
2.我感到心里輕松了好些。
3.我們應該讓他知道這兒發生的情況。
4.你說話至少要讓別人聽懂。
5.他曾聽人用德語唱過這支歌。
suggested answers:
1.she was glad to see her children well taken care of in the nursery.
2.i felt a great weight taken off my mind.
3.we should keep him informed of what is going on here.
4.when you talk, you have to at least make yourself understood.
5.he once heard the song sung in german.
t: you did a very good job.now let’s look at three sentences with“have/get sth.sth.done”. please try to find out the differences between them.
1.i had(＝got) my teeth filled yesterday afternoon.
2.we must have(＝get) the work finished by tuesday.
3.i had my leg broken when i got off the bus.
t: do you think the structure“have /get sth.done”has the same meaning in the three sentences
ss: no.
t: then can you explain the differences?
s: in the first sentence, “have /get sth. done”means“to ask someone else to do sth.”.in the second sentence, the subject himself or herself may take part in the work.but in the third sentence, “have /get sth. done”means“to meet with something unpleasant”.
t: you are very clever.
t: now, let’s compare the use between the present participle and the past participle.look at the following examples: