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The Causative Form: Have/get

This document discusses the causative form in English grammar. It explains that the causative form is used to talk about having something done or getting something done by someone else. It provides examples of the causative form being used in different tenses, including the present simple, present continuous, past simple, and others. It also compares the use of "have something done" and "get something done" in various sentence structures.

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The Causative Form: Have/get

This document discusses the causative form in English grammar. It explains that the causative form is used to talk about having something done or getting something done by someone else. It provides examples of the causative form being used in different tenses, including the present simple, present continuous, past simple, and others. It also compares the use of "have something done" and "get something done" in various sentence structures.

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THE CAUSATIVE FORM

have/get something done


A month ago
James painted his house.

But… it was a disaster!!!


So he decided to call a
professional painter.
Last Sunday,
James had/got his house painted.
Causative Form
• have something done

• get something done


• Present Simple have
• Present Continuous am/is/are having
• Past Simple had
• Past Continuous was/were having
• Present Perfect Simple has/have had
• Present Perfect Continuous has/have been having
• Past Perfect Simple had had
• Past Perfect Continuous had been having
• Future Simple will have
• Future Continuous will be having
• Future Perfect Simple will have had
• Future Perfect Continuous will have been having
• Infinitive (to) have
• Gerund having
• Present Simple get
• Present Continuous am/is/are getting
• Past Simple got
• Past Continuous was/were getting
• Present Perfect Simple has/have got
• Present Perfect Continuous has/have been getting
• Past Perfect Simple had got
• Past Perfect Continuous had been getting
• Future Simple will get
• Future Continuous will be getting
• Future Perfect Simple will have got
• Future Perfect Continuous will have been getting
• Infinitive (to) get
• Gerund getting
They paint the windows every spring.
have the windows painted
They ………………………………………………..
every spring.
get the windows painted
They ………………………………………………..
every spring.
He is fixing the roof now.
is having the roof fixed
He ……………………………………………….. now.

is getting the roof fixed now.


He ………………………………………………..
He installed a new game yesterday.
had a new game installed
He ………………………………………………..
yesterday.

got a new game installed


He ………………………………………………..
yesterday.
He was cutting his hair yesterday morning.
was having his hair cut
He ………………………………………………..
yesterday morning.

was getting his hair cut


He ………………………………………………..
yesterday morning.
He has made a new suit.
has had a new suit made
He ………………………………………………..

has got a new suit made .


He ………………………………………………..
She will repair her bike.
She will have her bike repaired .
………………………………………………..

will get her bike repaired .


She ………………………………………………..

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