Replace the phrase underlined with the structure have something done.
a. I didn’t recognise Sheila. The hairdresser’s dyed her hair.
Answer- Sheila has had her hair dyed.
b. I’ve been getting a lot of annoying phone calls, so the telephone company is going to change my number.
Ans- I’m going to have my number changed. / I’ve had my number changed.
c. Gabrielle broke her leg six weeks ago but she’s much better now. In fact the doctors will be taking the plaster off tomorrow.
Answer- Gabrielle will have the plaster taken off tomorrow. / Gabrielle will be having the plaster taken off tomorrow.
d. Since Ron made a lot of money, he’s not content with this little cottage, so an architect’s designed him a fine new house.
Answer- Ron had a fine new house designed.
e. This room gets too hot when the sun shines so I’m getting someone to fit blinds on the windows.
Answer- I’m having blinds fitted on the windows.
f. I heard that Mrs Green didn’t trust her husband so she hired a detective to follow him.
Answer- Mrs Green had her husband/him followed.
g. We don’t really know what Shakespeare looked like. I wish he had asked someone to paint his portrait before he died.
Answer- I wish he had had his portrait painted.
h. My sister had always been self-conscious about her nose so she decided to go to a clinic for an operation which will straighten it.
Answer- She decided to have it straightened. / She will have it straightened.
All work to be done neatly in a new or used/old notebook and submitted on the first working day of school and will be graded as Subject Enrichment activities. No questions to be copied down. Write down only the answer.
1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
a) How _________ books did she buy?
b) After ________ difficulties he succeeded at last.
c) We invited ________ of our friends for the party.
d) The workers went to a church to repair _________ roof.
e) ______ apples must be juicy and sweet.
f) _____ bag are you carrying?
2. Do as directed:
a) The thief ran away before the police arrived.(Change to past perfect tense)
b) The children played in the park.( change to present tense)
c) Tina made tea.(change to future continuous tense)
3. Change the voice:
a) Ritu helps Ram.
b) The servant opened the gate.
c) Some boys were helping the injured man.
d) She cleans her room every day.
4. Change into indirect speech:
a) I said to my friend, “Please lend me your book”.
b) She said, “Where is your father?”
c) “ What a lovely flower!”, he said.
5. Re-arrange the following to make meaningful sentences:
a) beautiful / Masha / dog / is a / young
b) praised / she / be / to / likes
c) policemen / group / works / of / with a / she
6. There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect and correct word against the correct number:
a) Poverty is the route cause of
b) all evil. The poor suffers because
c) they do not want to take a first
d) step. They feel happy and they are well fed.
Please click on below link to download CBSE Class 8 English Practice Worksheet Set A
