15. Causative VERBS "have" & "get"

15.1 Reword the following sentences using HAVE or GET with a past participle (intermediate/advanced).

1. Someone washed my car for me yesterday. e.g. I had my car washed yesterday
2. Someone doesn't clean them for us every day. e.g. We don't have them cleaned every day.
3. I asked someone to paint the gate last week. I had __
4. Someone tuned her piano for her yesterday.
5. Somebody will have to see to it for you.
6. I asked a man to mend my shoes
7. Somebody sends Maisie her dresses from Paris. "Masie __
8. Your hair wants/needs cutting. You must __'
9. Tell someone to translate it into English.
10. Our season tickets need renewing. We must _.
11. I'll ask someone to make a new one.
12. We ordered somebody to whitewash the ceiling.
13. Order someone to send it round to the house.
14. The knives want/need sharpening. We must __.
15. We must find somebody to chop all this wood up.
16. Tell him to take another photograph.
17. I'm going to tell someone to add an extra room.
18. Your car wants servicing. You must _.
19. He asked his tailor to lengthen the trousers.
20. Tell someone to bring it to you on a tray.

Causative uses of TO HAVE or TO GET are similar to the "passive voice" with TO BE (see lesson 52). There are four "forms"

1) HAVE + object + past participle (have something done)

We usually use 'have something done' when we are talking about paying or persuading someone to do something for us.

• I had my car washed.
• John will have his house painted.

2) GET + object + past participle (get something done)

We can also use 'subject + get + object + past participle'. This has the same meaning as 'have', but is less formal.

• The students get their essays checked.
• I'll get my hair cut next week.
• He got his washing machine fixed.

3) HAVE someone do something (have + person + infinitive)

This has a very similar to form 1, but this time we say who did the thing.

• I had the electrician look at my broken light.
• The doctor will have the nurse call the patients.
• The teacher had the students write the answers on the whiteboard.

4) GET someone to do something (get + person + to + infinitive)

Again, this means that you cause the other person to do the action, maybe by paying them to do it, or by asking them to do it.

• She gets her son to do his homework by promising him ice cream when he's finished.
• I got the cleaner to clean under the cupboards.

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