Session 1: Causative :Have & get

CAUSATIVE:HAVE & GET

session 1&2

learning objective

At the end of the session,students will be able to talk about some services people receive and they need to pay for that using have and get.

Let's observe

I had my car washed.

I washed my car.

CAUSATIVES: HAVE AND GET

• We use a causative verb when we want to talk about something that someone else did for us .
• This means that the subject of the sentence didn’t do the action that was done, but that they caused the action to happen by, for example, paying for it or asking for it to occur.
• This is why have is called a causative verb.

you paid, or asked, or persuaded the other person to do it.

Look!

I cleaned my house.

I had my house cleaned.

Have + object + past participle (have something done)

We usually use 'have something done' when we are talking about paying someone to do something for us. It's often used for services.

PAST PARTICIPLE

OBJECT

HAVE

My car was dirty so I had it washed.

PAST PARTICIPLE

HAVE

OBJECT

We didn’t want to cook, so we had a pizza delivered.

Get + object + past participle (get something done)

We can also use 'subject + get + object + past participle'. This has the same meaning as 'have', but is less formal.

OBJECT

GET

PAST PARTICIPLE

He got his washing machine fixed.

OBJECT

GET

PAST PARTICIPLE

I will get my hair cut next week.

PRACTICE 1

checked

repaired

delivered

taken

stolen

built

cleaned

shortened

LET'S PRACTICE!

LET'S PRACTICE!

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/61050852/causative-verbs-1-get-have-object-past-participle

Have as a causative verb when you want to say who did the action

PERSON

I had the veterinarian vaccinate my dog

Have someone do something (have + person + infinitive)

This has a very similar meaning to 'have something done', but this time we say who did the thing - we talk about the person who we asked to do the thing for us.

INFINITIVE

PERSON

HAVE

The teacher had the students write the answers on the whiteboard..

INFINITIVE

PERSON

HAVE

I had the electrician look at my broken light.

Get someone to do something (get + person + to + infinitive)

This means that you cause the other person to do the action, maybe by paying them to do it, or by asking them to do it, or by persuading them to do it.

INFINITIVE

PERSON

GET

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

INFINITIVE

PERSON

GET

We couldn’t get him to sign the agreement..

Let's compare!

have + the person who did the action + infinitive.

have + object + Past participle

The subject caused the action to happen by, for example, paying for it or asking for it to occur.

When you want to say who did the action

PERSON

I had my divorce papers signed.

I had my lawyer sign the divorce papers.

Let's compare!

get + the person who did the action + to + infinitive.

get + object + Past participle

The subject caused the action to happen by, for example, paying for it or asking for it to occur.

When you want to say who did the action

PERSON

He gets all his tax returns done because he finds it too difficult.

He gets his boss to do all his tax returns because he finds it too difficult.

Thank you!