Level IV - 3.1 - The Causative (Get / Have)

Change 'The barber cut my hair yesterday.' to the causative.

• I get the barber cut my hair.

• The barber had cut my hair.

• I had my hair cut by the barber.

Change 'We're paying a mechanic to fix our car.' to the causative.

• We're getting our car fixed by a mechanic.

• We'll having a mechanic to fix our car.

• We're getting the mechanic fixed to pay our car.

Change 'A professional is painting our house.' to the causative.

• We are getting a professional painter for the house.

• We're having our house painted by a professional.

• We had the house painting by a professional painter.

Do sentences 'I had my tooth removed' and 'I got my tooth removed' have different meanings?

• YES

• NO

What's the correct structure of the causative?

• Get/Have + Something + Simple Past verb

• Get/Have + Past Participle verb + Something

• Get/Have + Something + Past Participle verb

Change 'I will make the principal expel you from this School.' to the causative.

• She will have expelled you by the principal .

• She will have the principal expelled.

• She will have you expelled by the principal.

Change 'Heidi wants to go to a manicurist to do her nails.' to the causative.

• Heidi wants a manicurist who done her nails.

• Heidi wants to have done her nails by a manicurist.

• Heidi wants to have her nails done by a manicurist.

Change 'A chef prepares food for that company every day.' to the causative.

• The company has a chef prepared food everyday.

• Everyday the company has prepared food by a chef.

• The company has food prepared by a chef everyday.

Change 'You should go to a doctor to look at that.' to the causative.

• You should have looked at that by a doctor.

• You should have a look at that doctor .

• You should get that looked at by a doctor.

Change 'Liliana will pay a lawyer to review the documents.' to the causative.

• Liliana is going to have review the documents by a lawyer.

• Liliana will have the documents reviewed by a lawyer.

• Liliana will get reviewed the documents by a lawyer.