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1086 The Causative

The document discusses the causative form in English grammar. The causative is used to indicate that someone is having something done for them by another party. It is formed using "have" plus the object plus the past participle. Several examples are provided of sentences in their active and causative forms in different tenses. There are also exercises provided to practice forming sentences in the causative.

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1086 The Causative

The document discusses the causative form in English grammar. The causative is used to indicate that someone is having something done for them by another party. It is formed using "have" plus the object plus the past participle. Several examples are provided of sentences in their active and causative forms in different tenses. There are also exercises provided to practice forming sentences in the causative.

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The Causative

We use the causative to say that somebody is doing something for us


To form the causative form we use
Have + object + past participle
Example: active: the mechanic repairs my car.
causative: i have my car repaired.

ACTIVE CAUSATIVE FORM

PRESENT I WASH THE CAR I HAVE THE CAR WASHED


PRESENT CONTINUOUS IM WASHING THE CAR IM HAVING THE CAR WASHED
PAST SIMPLE I WASHED THE CAR I HAD THE CAR WASHED
PAST CONTINUOUS I WAS WASHING THE CAR I WAS HAVING THE CAR WASHED
PRESENT PERFECT I HAVE WASHED THE CAR I HAVE HAD THE CAR WASHED
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS I HAVE BEEN WASHING THE CAR I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE CAR
WASHED
PAST PERFECT I HAD WASHED THE CAR I HAD HAD THE CAR WASHED
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS I HAD BEEN WASHING THE CAR I HAD BEEN HAVING THE CAR
WASHED
WILL I WILL WASH THE CAR I WILL HAVE THE CAR WASHED
GOING TO IM GOING TO WASH THE CAR IM GOING TO HAVE THE CAR
WASHED
FUTURE CONTINUOUS I WILL BE WASHING THE CAR I WILL BE HAVING THE CAR
WASHED
FUTURE PERFECT I WILL HAVE WASHED THE CAR I WILL HAVE HAD THE CAR
WASHED
MUST I MUST WASH THE CAR I MUST HAVE THE CAR WASHED

WRITE THESE SENTENCES IN THE CAUSATIVE FORM USING THE WORDS


GIVEN

1- The dentist checks my teeth. (checked)


2- Someone broke the office windows last night. (broken)
3- The cleaners cleaned the office carpets yesterday. (had)
4- The hairdresser will cut my hair tomorrow (have)
5- The gardener is cutting the grass in my garden at the moment.(having)
6- Does someone clean your house every day? (have)
7- Someone will cook dinner for me (cooked)
Rewrite these sentences

1- They are moving their new furniture today.


They....................................................................................................................
2- The maid cleans toms house once a week.
Tom....................................................................................................................
3- The dressmaker made pam a new dress for the party
Pam......................................................................................................................
4- Somebody stole Tims wallet
Tim.........................................................................................................................
5- The painter is going to paint peters office.
Peter......................................................................................................................
6- The children have delivered the photocopies for the teacher.
The teacher ..
7- The plumber fixed Billys tap
Billy

Complete the sentences with the correct form of have

1- My husband.................... His car washed every week. (present)


2- I .................... The party organized (will)
3- Pat....................her book published (present perfect)
4- Mary ..................her washing machine repaired (simple past)
5- My mother .................... The plants watered (present continuous)
6- she the tickets for her holidays bought (future perfect)

Complete the sentences with the causative form. Use the tense given

1- They.......................(their living-room/redecorate) (simple past)


2- Willy.....................(his report/ do) (will)
3- Sam ..........................(his clothes /wash) at the moment (present continuous)
4- We .......................(the air conditioning /install) (going to)
5- I......................(the computer /repair) (past perfect)
6- My mother.....................(the meal/cook) everyday (present simple)
7- The children. (their rooms/ tidy) at the moment they arrived (past
continuous)
8- I . ( rooms /paint) all the morning. (present perfect continuous)

Multiple choice

1-She needs to------------


A- have her car repaired b- have her car repairs
2-She -------------her cell phone repaired yesterday.
A- had b-had to
3-She---------------- her hair cut at the moment.
A-has b- is having
4-Each saturday we -------------- pizza delivered-
A- are having b- have
5-Harry-------------- his e-mail sent everyday.
A-have b- has
6-I think that polly her dress made soon
A- is having b- will have
7-The children .. Their room decorated every three years.
A-have had b-had

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