Causative We use a Causative verb when we want to talk about something that someone else did for us or for another person It means that the subject caused the action to happen but didnt do it themselves Maybe they paid or asked or persuaded the other person to do it For ID: 661090
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Causative ‘GET’ and ‘have’Slide2
Causative
We use a Causative verb when we want to talk about something that someone else did for us or for another person. It means that the subject caused the action to happen, but didn’t do it themselves. Maybe they paid or asked or persuaded the other person to do it. For
example:
I cleaned my house (this means I cleaned it myself)
If I paid someone to clean it, of course I can say : a cleaner cleaned my house
But another way is to use a causative construction. So I can also : I had my house cleaned
In a sense, using causative verb is similar to using a passive. The important thing is that the house is now clean. We don’t focus on who did the cleaningSlide3
Causative get
This causative sometimes used instead of “have” to indicate something that is urgent, this causative ‘get’ is often used in the English language as a less formal language.
1. {Subject
+ get + complement (usually person) + to infinitive
(
Active
)}
2. {Subject
+ get + complement (usually thing) + past
participle
(Passive
)}
Example:
Active
Father
got
Jhon
wash the
car (false)
Father Got
Jhon
to wash the
car (true)
Passive
Father
got the car
wash (wrong)
Father
got the car washed
(true)Slide4
another example
- Mother
got Mary to water the flowers in the garden (
active)
- Mother
got the flowers in the garden watered
(passive)
- Teddy
got the money saved in the bank (
passive
-
Yulia
got her bedroom cleaned (
passive)
- The
boy got his cat to chase a
mause
(active
)
[Get
+
adjective]
Get can also be followed by an adjective. Here are some adjectives that are often followed by ‘get’ :
Angry, anxious, better, big, busy, cold, dark, dizzy, empty, fat, full, heavy, hungry, late, mad, nervous, old, rich, sleepy, thirsty, warm, well, wet,
worse.
- What
time are you going to eat?
Iam
getting hungry.
- I
want to take a rest because
iam
getting sleepy
- I
think I’ll stop working because
iam
getting tired.
- There
was an accident last night, but nobody got injured
- We
can leave as soon as you have got dressedSlide5
Causative Have
We
usually use “have something done” when we are talking about paying someone to do something for us. Its often used for
services.
1.
{
Subject + Have + complement (usually person) + bare infinitive (active)}
2. {Subject
+ have + complement (usually thing) + past participle
(
passive
)}
Example:
Mr.
Hilman
had the carpenter repair the chair this morning (active)
Mr.
Hilman
had the chair
repaird
this morning (passive).
Both of the sentences indicates that Mr.
Hilman
don’t do the repair himself, but he asked a carpenter doing the repairs.
Active
The
man had his lawyer to change his will
(false)
The
man had his lawyer change his will
(true)
Passive
The
women had her bedroom
clean
(false)
the
women had her bedroom cleaned
(true)Slide6
We can also use the construction [
‘
subject + have + person + infinitive
’].
This
has very similar meaning to “have something done”, which
we’ve
already talked about, but this time we say who did the thing – we talk about the person who we asked to do the thing for us .
Example:
- 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
whiteboard.
We can also use the construction
get [get
+ someone + to + infinitive
’].
Example
:
- 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.Slide7
EXERCISE CAUSATIVE HAVE AND GET
I
washed my
car
I
cut my hair
.
I typed the documents.
I
fixed the washing
machine
I
cut the grass
.
I
painted my bedroom
.
I
repaired my fridge.
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