Have Something Done Quiz – English School Dublin

In English, we use the structure ‘have something done‘ to say that we don;t do the action ourselves but someone else does the action ourselves.

When we say ‘I have my hair cut’, we mean someone else cuts our hair.

We can say who does the action by using the word ‘by’:

‘I have my hair cut by the hairdresser.’

There is more about this grammar point in our post about ‘have something done’. You could head over there, but if you think you’re ready, why not try our quiz.

Test Yourself

Have something done

1 / 20

We use 'have something done' to describe:

An action we do ourselves

An action we have finished

An action someone else does for us

2 / 20

What would your friend say if they saw you with a new hairstyle?

Your hair is new.

Have you had your hair cut?

Did you have your nails done?

3 / 20

If someone paints your nails every month, what can you say?

My nails are done every month.

Every month I paint my nails.

I have my nails done every month.

4 / 20

I needed a professional photo so...

My granny took my photo

I took a selfie on my mobile

I had my photo taken by a photographer

5 / 20

You should really _____________ every year.

have serviced your car

have your car serviced

get a serviced car

6 / 20

What’s another way to say “The cleaner cleaned my house yesterday”?

I have my house cleaned yesterday.

I had cleaned my house yesterday.

I had my house cleaned yesterday.

7 / 20

If you have always painted your house yourself you can say:

I’ve never had my house painted.

I have my house painted by a painter.

My cousin paints my house.

8 / 20

Mary has to go to hospital next week. She's ________________.

removing her tonsils.

having out her tonsils.

getting her tonsils out.

9 / 20

After the party we had to _____________ by a professional cleaner.

have cleaned the carpet

get the carpet cleaned

get cleaned the carpet

10 / 20

Which sentence means the same as 'I had my teeth cleaned'?

I cleaned my teeth.

I got my teeth cleaned.

I take my teeth cleaned.

11 / 20

The dentist gave me bad news. I need to _____________.

have a tooth pulled.

have pulled a tooth.

having a tooth pulled.

12 / 20

We have no hot water. We need to _________________.

get serviced the boiler.

have serviced the boiler.

have the boiler serviced.

13 / 20

Liz is getting married. She's _______________ by a fashion designer.

making a dress

having a dress made.

had made a dress

14 / 20

Next week a gardener will cut the grass and plant some flowers.

I'm gardening next week.

I'm doing the garden next week.

I'm getting the garden done next week.

15 / 20

John's a computer expert. He always ______________.

fixes his computer himself.

has his computer fixed.

had fixed his computer.

16 / 20

Yesterday I went to the garage. I ________________.

had my car repaired

had repaired my car

was had my car repaired.

17 / 20

At the moment we _________________.

have the house decorating

having decorated the house

are having the house decorated

18 / 20

Next week Sarah is ________________.

going to get her nails done

will get her nails done

going to getting her nails done

19 / 20

Your kitchen looks great! Have you ______________?

get it painted

had it painted

paint it

20 / 20

Gerry _____________. He needs glasses.

got his eyes tested

had tested his eyes

tested his eyes

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