CAUSATIVES:

HAVE GET

MAKE

Active and passive

CAUSATIVES ACTIVE FORM REFRESHMENT

HAVE

Form:

Have + person + base form verb

Use:

This construction means to give someone the responsibility to do something.to give someone the responsibility to do something.

Examples:• Dr. Smith had his nurse take the patient’s temperature.• He always has his secretary fax the information.• I had the mechanic check the brakes.

CAUSATIVES ACTIVE FORM REFRESHMENT

GET

Form:

Get + person + to + verb

Use:

This construction also means to give someone the responsibility to do to give someone the responsibility to do something.something.

Examples:• Dr. Smith got his nurse to take the patient’s temperature.• He always gets his secretary to fax the information.• I got the mechanic to check the brakes.

CAUSATIVES ACTIVE FORM REFRESHMENT

MAKE

Form:

Make + person + verb

Use:

This construction means to force someone to do something.to force someone to do something.

Examples:• My teacher made me apologize for what I said .• Did your mother make you wear that ugly hat?• She made her children do their homework.

OBJECTIVE:

To identify and use the causative verbs

have and get in the passive form.

A person cleans her house.

A designer designs her clothes.

A man washes her car.

A hairdresser cuts her hair.

A dentist whitens her teeth.

Have and get

A composer writes his songs.

His mother cooks his food.

Her neighbor walks her dog.

Have and get

Subject Causative verb Object Past participle

Rihana had her teeth whitened

She had her hair cut

She had her house cleaned

Causative verbs have and get (Passive form)

• Use have or get to describe a service performed for you by someone else.

Paris got her dog walked

Luis Miguel got his songs written

Ronaldinho got his food cooked

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