This document discusses the passive causative structure in English. It is used to talk about activities or services that someone arranges for another person to do. Examples are given such as "Peter had his house repaired" or "The President had his speech written." Causative verbs like "have" and "get" are used along with the past participle of the verb. The structure follows the pattern of subject, causative verb, object, past participle, optional "by" phrase. Additional information notes that modals can be used and in some cases the causative verb is optional.
This document discusses the passive causative structure in English. It is used to talk about activities or services that someone arranges for another person to do. Examples are given such as "Peter had his house repaired" or "The President had his speech written." Causative verbs like "have" and "get" are used along with the past participle of the verb. The structure follows the pattern of subject, causative verb, object, past participle, optional "by" phrase. Additional information notes that modals can be used and in some cases the causative verb is optional.
This document discusses the passive causative structure in English. It is used to talk about activities or services that someone arranges for another person to do. Examples are given such as "Peter had his house repaired" or "The President had his speech written." Causative verbs like "have" and "get" are used along with the past participle of the verb. The structure follows the pattern of subject, causative verb, object, past participle, optional "by" phrase. Additional information notes that modals can be used and in some cases the causative verb is optional.
We use this structure to talk about services or activities that people arrange for someone else to do.
Examples: Peter had his house repaired after the tornado last year. The President had his speech written by a very talented group of writers.
In both cases, the person (Peter and the President) arranged for something (repairing a house and writing a speech) to be done by a third person.
Causative verbs have get have: formal situations get: informal situations What is the sentence structure? subject | have/get | object | past participle | by + agent
Example 1:
Problem/Situation: Yesterday, my car broke down Solution: I had it fixed by the mechanic
I |had| it | fixed | by the mechanic
subject | have/get | object | past participle | by + agent
Example 2:
We | got | the report | printed | by professionals
Example 3: (without by + agent)
She | has had | the note | analyzed Example 4: (without by + agent)
He | had | his home entertainment system | installed a few days ago Dont confuse between: Simple Passive Causative Past Perfect They had the grass cut They had cut the grass Someone else cut the grass They had done this before a specific time in the past Passive Causative To get something done I got the work done by a mechanic I got the work done by noon Passive causative I finished the work by 12 p.m. Additional Information Need and want may be used in passive causative sentences. In some cases, the passive causative verb (had / got) may be dropped altogether.
I need to have the car tuned up. I need the car tuned up. I want to have my teeth checked. I think I might have a cavity. I want my teeth checked. I think I might have a cavity. In addition, modal auxiliary verbs may be used with the causative sentence structure. Most often, modals express a suggestion by the speaker, such as: You should have your hair cut. Unlike need and want, though, the causative verb must always accompany the modal verb. subject | modal auxiliary verb | have / get| object | past participle Examples: He | should | have | his suits | cleaned
Emma |should| have |her hair| done before the party