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CAUSATIVES; have something done 1

READ THESE SENTENCES AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE

I wash my car at the weekends. ( I wash my car myself )

I have my car washed at the weekends. ( Somebody washes it for me )

Simple Present Tense

Liz has her house painted every five years.

My father has his car serviced at the beginning of winter and summer.

I don’t have my shoes polished. I always do it myself.

Do you have your hair dyed every month?

have something done = get something done

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Murat is having his shoes polished at the moment. ( Somebody is polishing Murat’s shoes for him )

A: Where’re you?       B: I’m at the doctor’s. I’m having my eyes tested.

Sinan and Suna are having their documents printed as they don’t have a printer.

Simple Past Tense

• She had the flat tyre changed as she didn’t know how to change it by herself.

• Fatih had his hair cut before going to the wedding ceremony.

• She had the business letter translated into Japanese.

• Did you have your car repaired?

ANSWER KEY

PART 1

1. is thinking of  2. am staying  3. is becoming  4. depends  5. barks

PART 2.

6. b  7. c  8. c  9. a  10. d

PART C

11. already  12. While  13. since  14. ago / for  15. for

GRAMMAR TEST 1 (test your grammar)

PART A. Underline the correct form of the tenses.

1. My father thought / is thinking of setting up a new business but he hasn’t decided yet.

2. Since I’m having my house redecorated, I am staying / stay at a cheap hotel this month.

3. Air transportation has become / is becoming cheaper and cheaper nowadays.

4. Whether Güiza play against Arsenal on Tuesday is depending / depends on his condition.

5. My dog’s only bad habit is that it is barking / barks too much at night.

PART B. Choose the correct form of the verbs.

6. This time last summer Tarkan _______________ for the concert in Antalya.

a. has prepared  b. was preparing  c. has been preparing  d. was prepare

7. By the time Merve called, Ozan __________ the house, so she had no reply.

a. has left  b. was leaving  c. had left  d. left

8. When the earthquake hit my hometown, I __________ to the USA for business.

a. flied  b. had flown  c. was flying  d. have flown.

9. After three hours of questioning she admitted that she __________ the money from the manager’s office.

a. had stolen  b. has stolen  c. was stealing  d. had stole

10. When Fenerbahçe transferred Roberto Carlos in 2007, Alex ___________ for Fenerbahçe for 3 years.

a. has been playing  b. played  c. was playing  d. had been playing

PART C. Choose the correct word.

11. I’ve ___________ eaten two hamburgers and I don’t want to eat anyhing.

a. still  b. yet  c. before  d. already

12. __________ I was having holiday in Cunda, Ayvalik, I ran into my ex girlfriend.

a. Until  b. While  c. Since  d. Before

13. My hometown Karsiyaka has changed a lot __________ I moved to Istanbul.

a. after  b. during  c. since  d. for

14. I really had a serious accident three years _______ and I couldn’t drive _______ five weeks.

a. before / for  b. later / since  c. ago / yet  d. ago / for

15. She has been going out with Demir __________ three months and she is very happy at the moment.

a. since  b. ago  c. until  d. for

***Answers will be in the next post in the ANSWER KEY section.

GET ( 3 )

get = become

get depressed / angry / tired / upset / excited / suprised / annoyed etc…

I got angry when I learnt that she had lost my favorite cd.

get lost: Since I didn’t take a map with me, I got lost in the Southern Turkey.

get fed up with something: I really get fed up with this boring computer game.

get better at something: I’m getting better at French.

get worse at something: As he never told the truth, things got worse and worse.

get older: Where would you like to live when you get older?

GET ( 2 )

get = travel / arrive

get home: In summers I usually get home at about 6 p.m. but in winters it changes according to weather.

get here / there: When Murat got there, the party had already finished.

get back from somewhere: Janet got back from Brazil yesterday.

get to work: Because of the road construction, I got to work very late. As a result my boss got angry.

GET ( 1 )

Get = receive / obtain

get a message: He’s got three voice messages so far.

get a job: After I finished the university, I got a job in a small factory in Bursa.

get a present: As he was the most successful worker, he got a golden watch as a present.

get a phone call: While I was driving, I got three calls from a bank.

get an email: She got an email from his uncle yesterday.

get something to drink / eat: As my wife didn’t cook anything, I got pizza to eat yestarday.

HANG UP; HANG UP something

Check these sentences

Merve shouted at me and she hung up the phone.

When Jack arrived, he had already hung up the phone.

The number you’ve dialled is busy. Please hang up and try again later.

As soon as learnt the bad new, I hung up and started to cry.

MEANING

HANG UP: to stop a telephone conversation ( telefonu kapatmak )

HANG UP somebody: to put the receiver down in the middle of a conversation.

Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

Thomas _______________ ( collect ) napkins for five years. She ______________ 128 napkins so far.

I ______________ ( work ) on this new model for three weeks but I ____________ ( finish ) it yet.

How many invitation cards ___________ ( write ) so far?

How long  ____________ ( Tolga / teach ) French?

Cenk _______________ ( print ) the documents for nearly forty minutes.

Roberto Carlos and Alex de Souza ________________ ( just / sign ) a new contract with Fenerbahçe.

I don’t believe it. It is the cheapest car I _______________ ( ever / see ).

A: Why are your eyes red?       B: Oh! I _______________ ( cry ).

B) Underline the correct alternative

Edu and Lugano are friends. They know / have known each other since 2005.

Ebru is exhausted because she has been working / is working hard all day.

Dr.Giray is examining / has been examining Taner at the moment.

I haven’t visited / wasn’t visiting my granparents for two weeks.

Vedat didn’t do / has never done yoga in his life.

KEY:

Part A) 1. has been collecting / has collected  2. have been working / haven’t finished  3. have you written  4. has Tolga been teaching  5. has been printing  6. have just signed  7. have ever seen 8. have been crying

Part B) 1. have known  2. has been working  3. is examining  4. haven’t visited  5. has never done

TURN UP

Check these sentences

• Because of the heavy traffic, I turned up late. As a result I missed the beginning of the match.
• Salih turned up to see if I was fine or not.
• I don’t like my neighbours because their friends always turn up late and stay until morning.
• When I turned up, the teacher had already started the exam.

MEANING:

turn up: to arrive ( varmak, u?ramak )

SYNONYM

turn up = show up

PUT something ON

Check these sentences

It’s really cold here. Go and put on your coat!

As it is a board meeting, everyone has to put on a black suit.

After having a shower, she put her jeans on and went out.

My sister always puts on her necklace.

She forgot to put on a make up yesterday.

MEANING

put something on: wear

OPPOSITE

put on X take something off