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Causative Have

This resource book provides information on using the passive voice and causative constructions in English. It includes examples of sentences using these structures and exercises for learners to practice completing sentences in the passive or causative form. Key points covered include using "have/get something done" constructions to express situations where someone else does something for you or when an unwanted event occurs. Learners are given sentences to change into the passive or add a causative element, such as changing an active sentence into a passive construction or rewriting it to express that someone had an action done by another. Exercises focus on correctly using these grammatical structures to complete sentences.

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Causative Have

This resource book provides information on using the passive voice and causative constructions in English. It includes examples of sentences using these structures and exercises for learners to practice completing sentences in the passive or causative form. Key points covered include using "have/get something done" constructions to express situations where someone else does something for you or when an unwanted event occurs. Learners are given sentences to change into the passive or add a causative element, such as changing an active sentence into a passive construction or rewriting it to express that someone had an action done by another. Exercises focus on correctly using these grammatical structures to complete sentences.

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The passive (3) - Our car had a serious breakdown


(repair)___________________________________.

Have or get something done - So you have a toothache, I think


(see)______________________________________.
This construction (Subject + have / get +
object + past participle) is passive in - Peter went to the mechanic and
(service)___________________________________.
meaning.
- Are those shelves new? When did you
 It may describe situations where we (do)______________________________________?
want someone else to do something for
us. Examples: - Susan is at the optician's
(test)______________________________________
- When are you going to get that window
mended? 3. Write a suitable reply to the following
sentences using the causative voice.
- We're having the house painted.
- My motorbike is making very strange noises.
 When the verb refers to something - I think______________________________ (repair)
negative or unwanted, it has the same - What's that noise?
meaning as a passive sentence: - My neighbours________________________ (floor-
- Jim had his car stolen last night. (= Jim's change)
car was stolen) - How is your back?
- Pretty well, I______________________ (massage)
1. Use the words in brackets to complete these
sentences. Use the structure “to have - Your dog looks beautiful!
something done”. - Oh, yes! I like__________________________
(wash)
- We _____________________ (our hours / paint)
next summer. - What about your son's teeth?
- I have lost my keys. I’ll have to - Not bad, he is_________________________ (see)
____________________ (another key / make).
- Your hair is a mess. You should - Your trousers are too long.
________________________ (your hair / cut). - Yes, _____________________________ (shorten)
- The floor is very dirty. Why don’t you
________________________ (it / clean)? 4. Put the following sentences into the passive
- My father’s car is not working very well. He mode or add the most suitable causative.
______________________(it / service) tomorrow.
- Many young people today - Once they asked me to introduce my closest friend
_______________________ (their nose / pierce). to my oldest friend.
- She has got a bad toothache. She - Once ____________________________________
_____________________ (it / remove) in a week.
- Summers are very hot in Spain. Many people - They have a special firm which delivers quality wine
__________________________ (swimming pools for their restaurant.
/ build) in their gardens. - They _____________________________________
- My office needs a change. I
___________________________ (it / redecorate) - People believe that whales can talk to each other.
in the spring. - Whales___________________________________
- I ____________________________________
(my house / clean) once a week. - An American company employed him since he left
- They __________________________________ school.
(their computers / repair) today. - He_______________________________________

- A group of workers were filling the holes in the


2. Finish the following sentences in a pavement under the sun.
meaningful way, making use of the causative - The holes_________________________________
form “to have something done”.
- Can we paint these walls with plastic paint ?
- We got tired of the old wallpaper so - Can these walls__________________________
(decorate)_______________________________
- I am writing all those letters to send them tomorrow.
- All those letters__________________________

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