CAUSATIVE HAVE AND GET

1- We use the causative have and get when we refer to actions that we do ourselves / someone
does for or to us.

Example sentences:
- Companies such as Google think that if they can get you to bump into your colleagues, you’ll
do more sharing of ideas.
- At Google, breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided free and you can get your bike repaired,
have your car washed…
- They have their employees eat lunch at long tables so they will chat to more people.

2- Complete the rules A- C with the sentences in the box 1- 6.

1 – if they can get you to bump into your colleagues 2- They have their employees eat lunch at long tables

3- get your hair cut 4- get your bike repaired 5- have your car washed or serviced

A. When we arrange for somebody else to do something for or to us, but we don’t say who
does it, we use: HAVE / GET SOMETHING DONE We don’t say who .

have + object + past participle

OR

get + object + past participle (this one is slightly more informal than using have)

B. We can also use these structures when something has happened to us, and we didn’t
want it to happen.

C. When we arrange for somebody else to do something for us, or for somebody else to do
something we want, and we DO say who does it, we use:
HAVE/ GET SOMEONE (TO) DO SOMETHING for us
 get + person + infinitive with to

OR

have + person + infinitive without to

D. Have and get are the main verbs so they don’t change / change according to the tense.

Example sentence:
I’m going to have my hair cut tomorrow.
I’m going to get my car washed tomorrow.
I had my car repaired after the accident.
They got someone to do the ironing.

Tell me in which sentence:

1- you took the photo yourself.

2- you asked someone else to take your photo.

A- I had my photo taken on Red Square.

B- I took a photo of Red Square.
PERK:

The perks of working at Google:

We have many rooms to relax, coffee machines everywhere, etc.

The perks of being a teenager:

They don’t have to worry about anything, they are still at school and they have more
leisure time to spend with family and friends.

Predictions:
1-
2-
3-