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CAUSATIVES

The document discusses causative verbs like make, get, and have. These verbs cause other people or things to perform actions or change states. Make implies more force or authority than get, which implies more than have. Examples are provided to illustrate the proper use of each causative verb, including avoiding certain verb forms after people or things. Practice questions at the end require applying the causative verbs in sentences.

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CAUSATIVES

The document discusses causative verbs like make, get, and have. These verbs cause other people or things to perform actions or change states. Make implies more force or authority than get, which implies more than have. Examples are provided to illustrate the proper use of each causative verb, including avoiding certain verb forms after people or things. Practice questions at the end require applying the causative verbs in sentences.

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CAUSATIVES

Causatives are main verbs that causes people or machines to do things or cause things to change. In other
word, The person does not perform an action directly but it is someone else who performs the action.
Compare:
- Jill repaired the roof. (= she did it herself)
- Jill (had, made) someone else repair the roof (= she arranged for someone else to do it)
- Jill had the roof repaired. (= she arranged for someone else to do it)
Now study these sentences:
- Did Ann make that dress herself or did she have it made?
- Are you going to repair the car yourself or are you going to have it repaired ?

Here are the causative verbs ordered from the most forceful to the least forceful:
Make get have let help
In this book We are only talking about the word ‘ make, get, have’, instead.

S MAKE someone verb word

His mother made him take His medicine

S MAKE something verb word

His mother made the machine work

Note: Avoid using an infinitive or an –ing form instead of a verb word after a person or thing in
a causative with Make.

- She made the baby (to take, making) take a nap


- Are you going to make your sister(to work,working) work part time at the Matahari Dept. Store?
- Psychologists believe that incentives (to make, making) make us increase our productivity.
- I can’t seem to make this dishwasher run (to run,ruinning)

S GET someone infinitive

Let’s get Didin to go with his


paramour

S GET something participle

Let’s get Our room mopped

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Note: Avoid using a verb word instead of an infinitive after a person in a causative with GET. Avoid
using a verb word instead of participle after things in a causative with GET. GET has less force and
authority than MAKE
- Do you think that Siska will get Alam (do, doing) to do her homework?
- Siska will have to get Devia (fix, fixing) to fix her shoes.
- Enung has to get his money (exchange) exchanged for dollars.
- Alam had a flat tyre on the way to campus. He got the tyre pumped.
S HAVE someone Verb word

Devia had her mother buy a notebook

S HAVE something participle

Devia wants to have her notebook wrapped neatly

Note: Avoid using infinitive or an –ing form instead of a verb word after a person in a causative
with HAVE. Avoid using a verb word or an infinitive instead of participle after things in a causative with
HAVE. HAVE has less force and authority than GET.

Here are some other various contructions of have in causative forms

Jill had the roof repaired yesterday.

Where did you have your hair done?

We are having the house painted at the moment.

Tom has just had a telephone installed in his flat.

How often do you have your car serviced?

Why don't you have that coat cleaned?

I want to have my photograph taken.

Have something done sometimes has a different meaning. For example:


- He had all his money stolen while he was on holiday.
This doesn't mean that he arranged for somebody to steal his money! 'He had all his money stolen' means
only: 'All his money was stolen'.
With this meaning, we use have something done to say that something (often something not nice)
happened to someone:
- George had his nose broken in a fight. (= his nose was broken)
- Taufik Hidayat had his racket broken in the match.(=his racket was broken)
- Alam had his chessboard thrown into the dustbin.
- The leader of demonstrator had his head shot in Jakarta.

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Exercises

This exercise you have to answer the questions in the way shown.
Example: 'Did Ann make that dress herself?' 'No, She had it made’

1 'Did you cut your hair yourself?' 'No, I …. .’


2 'Did they paint the house themselves?' 'No, they…. .’
3 ‘Did Jim cut down that tree himself ?’ ‘No….. .’
4 ‘Did sure repair the car herself ?’ ‘No, … ’

This time you have to complete the sentences. Use the words in brackets.

Examples: We are having the house painted (the house / paint) at the moment.
Did you have your hair cut? (you / your hair / cut) last week?
1 Your hair is too long. I think you should …………………. (it / cut).
2 How often ............................................. (you /your car/service)?
3 The engine in Tom's car couldn't be repaired, so he had to. ………. (a new engine / fit).
4 ......................................... (you /your newspaper/deliver) or do you go to the shop yourself to buy
it?
5 A: What are those workmen doing in your garden?
B: Oh, I.................................................... (a swimming pool / build),
6 A : Can I see those holiday photographs you took?
B : I’m afraid not I ……………(not/ the film/develop) yet
7 Is it true that many years ago…….. (his portrait/paint) by a famous artist?

Now you have to read a situation and then write a sentence with have something done.

Example: Jill's coat was dirty so she took it to the cleaners. Now it is clean.
What has Jill done? She had had her coat cleaned.
1 Tom thinks his eyesight is getting worse, so he's going to the optician. What is Tom going to do
there? He is …………………………………
2 Sue is at the hairdresser's at the moment. A hairdresser is cutting her hair.
What is Sue doing? ……………………………………………………
3 Ann's watch was broken, so she took it to a jeweller’s. Now it's working again.
What has Ann done? .........................................................................

Now you have to use have something done with its second meaning.

Example: George's nose was broken in a fight. What happened to George?


He had his nose broken in a fight.

1 Ann's money was stolen on a train. What happened to Ann?


He …………………………………………………………………….
2 Fred's hat was blown off in the wind. What happened to Fred?
3 George's papers were taken from him at the police station. What happened to George?
…………………………………………………………..

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