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Exercise 1: Use the correct causative form of the verb in brackets.
1. Charles ........................... (have) his house ........................... (paint) last week.
2. They ........................... (not have) their TV ........................... (fix) yet. 3. Lisa ........................... (may have) her hair ........................... (cut) this afternoon. 4. Susan ........................... (have) a picture ........................... (draw) at the moment. 5. I am going ........................... (get) a dress ........................... (make) for the party. 6. Helena wasn’t at school last week so she .......................... (not get) her photo .......................... (take) with the class. 7. John ...................................... (have) his hair ............................. (cut) last week. 8. The girls ...................................... (not get) their bicycles ...................................... (fix) yet. 9. Jane ...................................... (should have) her eyes ...................................... (check). 10. Pam ...................................... (have) her house ...................................... (paint) at the moment. 11. The car is dirty. We ................................. (must get) it .................................... (wash) today. 12. Ann ...................................... (not have) her house ...................................... (clean) every day.
Exercise 2: Use the causative form to complete the sentences.
1. The doctor checked my ears last week.
I ........................................................................................................................................ . 2. Someone has already fixed Mike’s computer. Mike ................................................................................................................................. . 3. Mum washes my clothes once a week. I ........................................................................................................................................ . 4. Jill is going to take care of Jim’s parrot next week. Jim ................................................................................................................................... .
Exercise 3: Tick the correct answer.
1. I'm going ............ at the new hairdresser's
to get my hair cut to cut my hair 2. She needs to ........ have her car repairs have her car repaired 3. I really must get ....... the central heating somebody to fix somebody fix 4. They ought to have ........ replace the broken windows somebody to somebody 5. He ......... while he was away on holiday burgled burgled his flat 6. I .......... my phone repaired after I dropped it had to had 7. She didn't have time to get to the shops and ....... get her film developed develop her film 8. It took ages to get ........... somebody do it somebody to do it 9. I'll ....... John to do it when he arrives get have 10. She ......... on the underground last week had her purse stolen got her purse stolen 11. He .......... tickets sent to his home address yesterday has had had 12. You should .......... a long time ago have it fixed have had it fixed 13. They couldn't .......... anyone to fix their burst pipes get have 14. They had it ....... by the same person who decorated their old house to do donE
Exercise 4: Circle the correct answer.
1. She has to get her hair ……………………………… .
a) to do b) do c) done d) did 2. Our teacher is going to make us …………………………… a tape. a) listen to b) listened to c) to listen to d) listen 3. They had to have him …………………….. their summer house. a) painted b) paint c) to paint d) painting 4. Do you know where I can get my car …………………………….. ? a) washed b) to wash c) wash d) washes 5. The comedian was not able to make us ……………………………. . a) laughing b) to laugh c) laugh d) laughed 6. You can’t get that man ……………………. your radio. a) fix b) to fix c) fixed d) fixing 7. I can never make her ………………………her mind. a) change b) to change c) changed d) changing 8. We had two pictures ………………………… . a) take b) taken c) to take d) took 9. When are you going to have your father …………………… a book? a) bought b) to buy c) buy d) buying 10. Please have the maid ……………………… my room. a) clean b) cleaned c) to clean d) cleaning 11. I know he stole the money. We’ll get him ………………………. . a) talk b) talking c) talked d) to talk 12. We had to hire a few men to get the trees ………………………… . a) cut down b) to cut down c) cutting down d) cutted down
Exercise 5: Complete the sentences with the words in brackets.
1. I __________________________________ right now. (my car/service)
2. My brother ____________________ by a vandal last month. (his bike/damage)
3. The boss _____________________________ next week. (our office/paint)
4. They _______________________ as soon as possible. (the carpets/clean)
5. We _______________________ recently. (a rose garden/plant)
6. I ____________________ by the end of the week. (the kitchen/redecorate)
7. John ________________________ every month. (his hair/cut)