1. Lesson 2: get it done
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2. Look at the pictures, study the situations and answer the
questions below:
- Every month, Mary gets her car serviced.
- Little John got his hair done last week.
1- Does Mary service her car every week herself?
2- Who services her car?
3- What about John? Did he do his own hair last week?
4- Who did it?

3. - Every month, Mary gets her car serviced.
- Little John got his hair done last week.
 A rule for using the causative “get”:
-The causative “get” is used when the subject of the sentence arranges for an
action to take place, that is, the subject of the sentence is not doing the action.
Form: get + noun / pronoun + past participle
 Note: “have” can be used to replace “get” with the same meaning

4.  Let’s study the following models:
* Conversation 1:
- My TV is broken.
Speaker A: Oh, you should get
it mended.
Speaker B:
* Conversation 2:
- My fingers hurt.
Speaker A: You should get them
checked.
Speaker B:

5.  Pair-work: Study the situations below and make similar short
conversations, using the causative “get” (or have) to give advice:
1- My eyes hurt! 7- My skirt is too short!
2- My coat is stained! 8- The gas tank is empty!
3- The radio is broken! 9- The shoes are too tight!
4- My motorbike won’t start! 10- I can’t translate this sentence!
5- This knife is blunt. 11- The vase is broken!
6- These trousers are too long! 12- All of my shirts are wrinkled!
 Use the following verbs as suggestions:
- sharpen / lengthen / mend / iron / iron / dye / shorten / refill / repair…

6. Choose the number you like:
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
???

7. 1- My eyes hurt!

8. 2- My coat is stained!

9. 3- The radio is broken!

10. 4- My motorbike won’t start!

11. 5- This knife is blunt!

12. 6- These trousers are too long!

13. 7- My skirt is too short!

14. 8- The gas tank is empty!

15. 9- The shoes are too tight!

16. 10- I can’t translate this sentence!

17. 11- The vase is broken!

18. 12- All of my shirts are wrinkled!

19. This is the end
of
I. PRONUNCIATION
our Lesson today!
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