Causative sentences

 

Causative Sentences Presentation

Causative Sentences

Have/Get + Object + Past Participle

Grammar Presentation & Exercises

Causative Sentence Examples

💅
Elena had her nails done.
🏠
The dentist had his house done up.
🦷
You need to have your tooth looked at.
Structure: HAVE + object + past participle
Meaning: Someone else performs the action for you

More Causative Examples

🎨
I want to get my room painted.
✨
John is going to have his teeth whitened.
🏠
Lucy would like to have her carpet removed and a parquet laid.
Structure: GET + object + past participle
Similar meaning to HAVE construction

Technology & Safety

🛡️
You should get an antivirus installed because otherwise you are going to get scammed big time!
Note: "Get scammed" shows the causative can sometimes be involuntary or negative!

Gap-Filling Exercise

Fill in the gaps with the correct past participle:

The author wants to have his book .
If I could travel back to Victorian Britain I would have my shoes by a shoe-shine boy.
The applicant needs to get his documents .
I am going to have my garden before it rains again.
I might use my inheritance to get my living room .
Infinitives to choose from:
to illustrate
to polish
to sign
to weed
to do up

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