CAUSATIVE SENTENCES JOSÉ MIGUEL MAYA RUEDA

Presentation

CAUSATIVE SENTENCES

by José Miguel Maya Rueda

INDEX

Structure

What is it?

Differences between to have and to get

Activities

Activities

Differents verb tenses

Activities

WHAT ARE CAUSATIVE SENTENCES?

The causative is used to express that the subject of the sentence does not perform the action, but causes another to do it. That is, the causative indicates that someone forces, causes or makes, either voluntarily or involuntarily another person to perform an action.

I'll get my hair cut next week.

I was getting my car washed.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TO HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

The most important causative structure is to have/get something done:

• To have something done, is to make someone do something

• To get something done, is to get someone to do something

With to have something done we express the fact of entrusting something to a person. To get something done means almost the same, but it is more informal and therefore used more in spoken language.

STRUCTURE

The structure is:

Subject + Causative verb + Object + Verb in participle

Luis + is having + his car + repaired

She + got + her apartment + painted

VERB TENSES IN WHICH WE CAN USE IT

We can use causative sentences in many different tenses

ACTIVITIES

e.g. Lisa didn't repair the roof herself. She had the roof repaired

had/got my hair cut

1. I didn't cut my hair myself. I ___________________

2. We didn't paint the house ourselves. We ________________________

had/got the house painted

had/got the wall built

3. Ben didn't build that wall himself. He ___________________

ACTIVITIES

e.g. Do your parents have their car cleaned, or do they clean themselves? (clean)

1. Do you like

______________ your photo ________? (take)

taken

having/getting

you last

have/get

cut

did

______ __________ your hair ______? (cut)

2. When

ACTIVITIES

had

1. My parents ______ ________ last week. (repair)

repaired

their car

installed

will have

the air conditioning

2. The school _________ ________ next monday. (install)

3. My friend _________ ________ at the moment. (paint)

is having

painted

his house

THANK YOU!

José Miguel Maya Rueda