Passive Causative

Passive Causative

Start

Subject + have / get + object + past participle I cleaned my house (I cleaned it myself) A cleaner cleaned my house I had my house cleaned (the important thing is that the house is now clean)

Theory

We use the causative when we refer to an action that is done for us by someone else. It means that we caused the action to happen, but we didn’t do it ourselves.

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Compare:

‘I painted my house last month’ It means I did the work myself ‘I had/got my house painted last month’ It means that someone else did the work for me

If you 'have something done', you get somebody else to do something for you.• I'm going to have my hair cut. • She's having her house redecorated. • I'm having a copy of the report sent to you

Verb Tenses

Get someone to do something / Have someone do something (get + person +to + infinitive / have+ person + infinitive) You cause the other person to do the action, maybe by paying them to do it, or by asking them to do it.

She gets her son to do his homework by promising him ice cream when he's finished. She has her son do his homework

"I had my car washed". ---- no sabem qui ho ha fet, però ara està net

Have + Object + Past Participle

"The teacher had the students write the answers / The teacher got the students to write the answers" ------ Diem qui va fer-ho, a qui vam demandar que ho fes (the students)

Get + person + to + infinitive / Have + person + infinitive

That's all folks