The causative use of "have"

He didn't have time to do it himself, so he ...

• had painted his house.

• painted his house.

• had his house painted.

• was painting his house.

I ____________ my washing machine __________ tomorrow.

• will have / repair

• will have / repaired

• has / repaired

• have / repaired

A famous graffiti artist is going to come and paint a school wall for us.

Now paraphrase:

We ...................................... by a famous graffiti artist.

• .... are painting a school wall ....

• .... have painted a school wall...

• .... are going to have a school wall painted.....

• .... have a school wall painted ...

Each Saturday we....... a pizza .........to our home.

• had ... delivered

• has ... delivered

• have ... delivered

• get ... deliever

Rephrase the following statement using the causative have:

Her hairdresser cuts her hair twice a month.

She ________________________ twice a month.

Transform into a causative:

The painter has already painted my flat.

• I have already had my flat painted.

• I already have had painted my flat.

• I have my flat already painted.

• I have already painted my flat.

Rephrase the following statement:

Mary went to the dry cleaner's to clean her new dress.

While Peter was away he ...

• watered the plants.

• has watered the plants.

• had watered the plants.

• had the plants watered.

What's the structure of the causative?

• to be + object +participle

• to have / to get + participle

• to have / to get + object+ infinitive

• to have [to get] + object + participle

We use the Causative...

• ... when we imagine a situation about the present.

• ... when we describe the action at the moment of speech.

• ... when somebody else does something for us.

• ... when we want to emphasise something.