2. PASSIVE MEANING HAVE SOMETHING DONE GET SOMETHING DONE The Past Participle is used after HAVE and GET to give a passive meaning . In this case , there is little or no difference in meaning between HAVE and GET . Example sentences : I had the barber cut my hair . ( active ) I had my hair cut ( by the barber ) ( passive ) She will get a repairman to repair her watch . ( active ) She will get her watch repaired ( by a repairman ) ( passive ) Must we get a translator to translate the documents from Russian into Turkish ? ( active ) Must we get the documents translated from Russian into Turkish ( by a translator ) ? ( passive ) He does not have the porter take up his luggage . ( active ) He does not have his luggage taken up ( by the porter ) ? ( passive ) NOTE : In some cases ( when things happen to us ) , "have something done" suggests the person was quite innocent , and "get something done" suggests that the person was partly responsible for what happened to him . I had my watch stolen last week . He got his nose broken in a fight last week . BE MADE TO DO SOMETHING The passive form of MAKE is different from the others . As in the active form , "Make" gives the idea something is forced to do. Example sentences : My father made me cut my hair . ( active ) I was made to cut my hair ( by my father ) . ( active ) The nurse has made my grandmother stay in bed for ten days . ( active ) My grandmother has been made to stay in bed for ten days ( by the nurse ) ( passive ) A GENERAL NOTE FOR ALL THE CAUSATIVES : Questions in the causative form are formed with the helping verbs ( do-does-did … ) Have should not be confused with them . Had Mary any letters typed yesterday ? ( incorrect ) Did Mary have any letters typed yesterday ? ( correct ) Causatives Home Page