Grammar

The causative

i f ) ' he causative y
subject + have in the correct form + object + past participle

Use
To show that someone arranges for someone else to do something for them

mH Tense / modal Example

§j present simple Mrs Taylor has her car cleaned once a month.
gf present continuous She is having the tyres checked at the moment.
I f present perfect simple She has had the windscreen replaced.
present perfect continuous This is not usually used in the causative.
H past simple She had the car filled up with petrol yesterday.
8 past continuous She was having the car repaired when 1last saw her.
JJ past perfect simple She had had the engine checked.
|| past perfect continuous This is not usually used in the causative.
f j will and other modals She will have a car alarm fitted when she can afford it
She would have air bags put in but it's too expensive.
H be going to She is going to have a new car radio installed.
jfj -ing form She might stop having the car cleaned so often.

Helpful hints
• Look at the differences between a normal active sentence and a sentence in the causative.
Normal active sentence: Someone cleans Mrs Taylor's car every week.

In the causative: Mrs Taylor has her car cleaned every week.

® We can also use get instead of have. Get is more informal than have.
/ I’m going to have my hair cut tomorrow, (more formal)
/ I’m going to get my hair cut tomorrow, (more informal)
• Just as with the passive (see Unit 11), we can use by to show who does the action.
/ We're having a family photo taken by a local photographer.

« With the causative, have always comes before the noun and the past participle always comes
after the noun.
• When we ask questions using the causative, the past participle stays after the noun.
/ Did you have the furniture delivered yesterday?
X Did you have-delivered the furniture yesterday?
* Some verbs have irregular past participle forms. See page 182.

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 Unit 41 Grammar

Com plete each second sentence using the correct form of have so that it has a
sim ila r m eaning to the firs t sentence.

1 Let’s arrange for someone to knock that wall down.

Let’s ........................................ that wall knocked down.
2 We paid someone to deliver the furniture.
W e ........................................ the furniture delivered.
3 I’m going to pay someone to paint this wall.
I’m ........................................ this wall painted.
4 Has anyone printed the invitations for you yet?
.........................................y o u ..........................................the invitations printed yet?
5 You should arrange for someone to fix your mobile.
You should.........................................your mobile fixed.
6 When did you dye your hair?
When.........................................y o u .......................................... your hair dyed?
7 A vet is looking at Lucy at the moment.
Th e y........................................ Lucy looked at by a vet at the moment.
8 I haven't taken my suit to the dry-cleaner’s yet.
I .........................................my suit dry-cleaned yet.

B | Com plete using the correct form of the verbs in the box.

clean • cut • deliver • paint • repair • sign □

1 I have my teeth.........................................by a dentist every six months.

2 My mum has just had her hair.........................................by a hairdresser in the town centre.
3 The car broke down, so we had i t ........................................ by a mechanic.
4 Let's get a pizza.........................................before the film starts.
5 Did you get your book.........................................by the author?
6 Garry is going to have his fa c e .........................................blue for the party!

C | If the phrase in bold is correct, put a tick ( / ) . If it is wrong, w rite the

correct phrase.

1 Mandy is having cut her hair at the moment. .......................

2 I might have the house redecorated next summer. .......................
3 Our dog loves having his back scratching. .....................
4 The receptionist had the suitcases brought up to the room.........................
5 We're not going to have costumes make for the play. ......................
6 How often do you have checked your teeth? ....................
7 You don’t like having your photo taken, do you? .....................

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 The causative Unit *.

D ] Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. Use the causative.

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1 Three times a day, a giraffe called Gloria does the washing-up for Mr Lazylion.
Three times a cay, Mk Lazyiicn
2 At the moment, Harry Hippo is cleaning IVk Lazylion's car.
At the moment, Mr Lazylion .............. .........................
3 Later, the Mice Sisters will cook Mr Lazylion's supper.
Later, Mr Lazylion ............... ...........................
4 Elite Phartt has just brushed Mr Lazylion's hair.
Mr Lazynon.........................................................................................................................
5 Mr Lazylion loves it when Marty Monkey tickles his feet.
Mr Lazylion loves..................................................................................................................
6 George is making a suit for Mr Lazylion.
Mk Lazylion...........................................................................................................................

C ircle the correct word or phrase.

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Mr Lazylion had a problem. The animals were refusing to help him.

Mr Lazylion had had things (1) doing / done for him (2) by / w :th the other animals for so long that
he didn’t know what to do. He (3) hadn't had / hadn't his meals prepared for him for two days now,
and he was starting to get hungry.
So, he had some Chinese food (4) deliver ng / delivered - al the way from China. ‘ hat filled him up,
but it's not easy to (5) get / be food aelivered in the iung'e. He couldn't do that every day. What was
he going to do?
He felt very sad. He resliy wanted to have (6) brushed his hair / his ha^ brushed by Ellie and his
feet (7) tickiing / tickied by Mariy, but they just said ‘No".
There was only one solution, and Mr Lazylion didn't line it at all. He would have to start doing things for
himself.
L I
 19 was made to feel
20 decided to apologise
1 hatred 1 A
21 managed to cheer
2 happiness 2 B
3 comedian 22 avoid arguing
3 B
4 excitement 23 stopped caring about 4 C
5 sympathised 24 and I born 5 C
6 noisy 2.5 nor Vicky are 6 B
7 energetic 7 A
8 bored 8 B
9 emotional 26 A
10 feelings 27 B
28 B 1 is
m 29 D 2 rains
i about 30 D 3 I'm
2. at/by 31 A 4 comes
3 of 32 C 5 doesn't come
4 of 33 B 6 gives me
5 on
6 at
34 B 1 B
35 C 2 D
36 A 3 B
1 about/with 37 D 4 A
2 of 38 B 5 A
3 about 39 C 6 D
4 of 40 D 7 C
5 about/for 41 D 8 C
6 about

Unit 40 Unit 41
Review 13
1 have
1 get
1 feelings 2 had
2 tell
2. unhappy 3 go;ng to have
3 finishes
3 emotional 4 riave/had
4 do
4 sympathetic 5 have
5 leaves
5 bored 6 did/have
6 are
6 exciting 7 are having
7 excited 8 haven't had
8 energetic
1 have
2 takes 1 cleaned
9 on 3 are 2 cut
10 ori 4 leave 3 repaired
11 up 5 finishes 4 delivered
12 on 6 comes/returns 5 signed
13 down 6 painted
14 up
15 away 1 Although
16 up 2 Although 1 is having her hair cut
3 Despite 2 V
4 Despite 3 having his back scrubbed
17 can't afford to buy 5 although 4 V
18 pretended to be 6 despite 5 have costumes made

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6 have your teeth checked 4 doubt
7 V 5 warned
1 C
6 deny
2 D
7 praise
3 G
8 criticise
2 is having/getting his car 4 F
cleaned by Harry Hippo 5 A
3 will have/get his supper 6 B
cooked by the Mice sisters 7 H 9 In
4 has just had/got his hair 8 E 10 in
brushed by Ellie Phant 11 under
5 having/getting his feet tickled 12 in
by Marty Monkey 13 in
1 in 14 by
6 is having/getting a suit made
2 by
(for him) by George. 3 In
4 under
5 in 15 get rid of
1 done 6 in 16 approve of people driving/who
2 by drive
3 hadn't had 17 believe in
4 delivered 18 sort out that problem/sort
1 confused that problem out
5 get 2 helpless 19 we've run out of
6 his hair brushed 3 unhelpful 20 deal with
7 tickled 4 refusal 21 don’t watch out
5 exception 22 advise against buying
6 Luckily 23 workout
Unit 42 7 solution 24 rely on
8 advise
9 suggestions
1 deny
2 praise preferable 25 C
A
3 refuse preferences 26 A
4 warn 27 D
5 complain 28 B
6 criticise 29 D
1 C 30 D
7 gossip
2 F 31 A
8 encourage
3 A 32 C
9 insult
4 E
5 D ■

6 B 33 lucky
1 pretend
34 confusion
2 convince
35 advisers
3 cause
B 36 preferences
4 thought
2 A 37 suggestions
5 rumour
3 C 38 recommendations
6 get 4 B 39 helpful
7 result
5 A 40 solution
8 assumed
6
Progress Test 2
1 sensible Review 14
2 serious
3 ideal 1 c
4 negative 1 convince 2 C
5 spare 2 refused 3 D
6 positive 3 complaining 4 A

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