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HAVE

SOMETHIN
G DONE
The Passive Causative
Study these sentences:

1. I cleaned my house.
2. I had my house cleaned.

How are they different??


I cleaned my house.
This means “I cleaned it myself.”
I had my house
cleaned.
This means someone else does it.
CAUSATIVE FORM: have/get + object + past
participle
HAVE GET
SOMETHING SOMETHING
DONE DONE
to talk about things we ask
to talk about things we ask
other people to do for us, things
other people to do for us,
that we do not want to, or
things that we do not want
cannot do ourselves but is more
to, or cannot do ourselves. informal.

It emphasises the process/action rather than who performs


it.
We can use have/get something done in
variety of tenses, e.g.
● I get all my clothes made by a designer.
(present simple)
● He is having his pizza delivered.
(present continuous)
● The students had their essays checked.
(past simple)
Notice the order of words: have + object + past participle

A different word order changes


the meaning.
She has her laptop repaired.
(= Someone does it for her.)
She has repaired her laptop.
(= She did it herself recently.)
LET’S
TRY
THE
EXERCISE!
Page 93 Exercise 5
Write a sentence about each situation
using the words given.
Check you have used the correct form
of the verb have by looking at the time
expression (at the moment, a week
ago, etc.).
2. I can’t do my homework
because
I / laptop / mend / at the moment.
I can’t do my homework because I’m
having my laptop mended at the
moment.
3. My bike is broken again and
I / it / repair / a week ago.

My bike is broken again and I had it


repaired a week ago.
4. Jack isn’t at school today.
He / teeth / check today by the dentist.

Jack isn’t at school today. He’s having


his teeth checked today by the dentist.
5. Keith and Pete are going to a
party. They / suits / clean last
week.

Keith and Pete are going to a party.


They had their suits cleaned last week.
6. In the summer, my brother
often / his head / shave.

In the summer, my brother often has his


head shaved.
7. A nurse came to our school last
week. We / our eyes and ears / test.

A nurse came to our school last week.


We had our eyes and ears tested.
8. My cousins are staying with us right
now because they / their house /
decorate.

My cousins are staying with us right


now because they are having their
house decorated.
LET’S
TRY
MORE
EXERCISE
in our Google Classroom!
"Be strong and courageous;
do not be frightened and do not be
dismayed, for the Lord your God is with
you wherever you go."

Joshua 1:9

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