CAUSATIVE HAVE

PASSIVE
(have something done)
 DEFINITON OF CAUSATIVE
It’s used when the speakers refer to actions that are done to an object by somebody else.
It's called causative because the subject causes the action to be done by somebody else.

The causatives is used to talk about situations where someone provides a service for us.

SERVICE PROVIDER
SITUATION
A hairdresser
My hair is too long. CAUSATIVE HAVE PASSIVE
A technician
My bike is broken. A jeweler I had my hair cut.
I want to know the WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE I had my bike repaired.
value of my jewelry. TO DO?
The hairdresser cut my hair. I had my jewelry valued.
The technician repaired my bike.
The jeweler valued my jewelry.
 THE STRUCTURE OF CAUSATIVE HAVE PASSIVE
Subject + have / get (any tense) + object (usually thing) + V3 (past participle) +………….
Can HAVE & GET be used interchangeably ? GET is slightly more informal.

My hair was too long. So, I___________(cut). - By a hairdresser

Answer : had my hair cut
We use the Passive Causative when it's obvious or not important to say who performs
the action or when we don't know who does the action just like in the Passive Voice. We
usually don't say "I had my hair cut by a hairdresser", we simply say "I had my hair cut".
THE MEANING OF CAUSATIVE HAVE PASSIVE
I had my hair cut. I ask someone to cut my hair
I had my bike repaired. I ask someone to repair my bike.
I had my jewelry valued. I ask someone to value my jewelry.
 CAUSATIVE HAVE PASSIVE IN TENSES
The Causative structure can be used in different tenses, just like the Passive Voice. So you
can use “causative have passive” in all sorts of tenses.
Present simple He has the house painted. Subject + have / get (any tense) +
Present continuous He is having the house painted. object (usually thing) + V3 (p.p.) +………….
Past simple He had the house painted. Bare Infinitive
He must / can / should have the house painted.
Past continuous He was having the house painted.
Future simple He will have the house painted. Full Infinitive
Present perfect He has had the house painted. I would like / love to have the house painted.
Present perfect He has been having the house I would hate to have the house unpainted.
continuous painted.
My parents don’t want me to have my body
Past perfect He had had the house painted. tattooed.
Past perfect He had been having the house I am going to have the house painted.
continuous painted.
 SPECIFIC USE OF CAUSATIVE HAVE PASSIVE
It’s also used when some events are outside of our control, when those events are unpleasant.
I don't know how that happened but I had my phone stolen at a party.

My neighbor has had her house broken into 3 times this month. She'd better change her lock.
This guy had his hand stuck under a boulder.

This is a very unpleasant situation, moreover he had no control over the boulder falling.
 EXERCISE OF CAUSATIVE HAVE PASSIVE 1
have it replaced
I bought a mobile phone yesterday. Its glass broke today. So, I should __________(replace).
-by the shop
have it stitched
Cellica bought a suit material yesterday. So, She should________________(stitch).
-by a tailor
have investigated
Looven’s bike was stolen last week. So, He should_____the situation__________ (investigate).
-by the police

have
Angel’s wedding is scheduled next month. So, she’ll______her done
makeover______(do) soon.
-by a beautician
have it f ixed
Our kitchen tap is leaking. So, We should____________(f ix).
-by a plumber
 EXERCISE OF CAUSATIVE HAVE PASSIVE 2
Rewrite the phrase underlined with the structure “have something done”
I didn’t recognize Sheila. The hairdresser’s dyed her hair.
Sheila has had her hair dyed.
____________________________________________
I’ve been getting a lot of annoying phone calls, so the telephone company is going to change my number.
I’m going to have my number changed.
_____________________________________

Gabrielle broke her leg six weeks ago but she’s much better now. In fact the doctors will take the plaster
off tomorrow.
Gabrielle will have the plaster taken off tomorrow.
________________________________________

Since Ron made a lot of money, he’s not content with this little cottage, so an architect’s designed him
a f ine new house.
Ron has / Ron’s had a f ine new house designed.
_______________________________________
 EXERCISE OF CAUSATIVE HAVE PASSIVE 2
This room gets too hot when the sun shines, so I’m having someone to f it blinds on the windows.
I’m having blinds f itted on the windows.
_______________________________________

I heard that Mrs. Green didn’t trust her husband, so she hired a detective to follow him.
Mrs. Green had her husband/him followed.
_________________________________________

My sister had always been self-conscious about her nose, so she decided to go to a clinic for an operation
which will straighten it.
She will have it straightened.
____________________________________________

We don’t really know what Shakespeare looked like. I wish he had asked someone to paint his portrait
before he died.
I wish he had had his portrait painted.
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