causative GET / HAVE (YOU paid SOMEONE to do it)

What is the causative GET and HAVE?

We use these causative verbs when we want to talk about something that someone else did for us
or for another person. Maybe we paid, or asked or persuaded the other person to do it.

For example, I can say:

“I fixed my car”. And that means that I fixed my car myself, nobody help

And if I paid a mechanic to fix it, I can say: “A mechanic fixed my car”

BUT another way to say that is by using a causative verb like GET of HAVE:

I had my car fixed / I got my car fixed

In these cases, the causative verb is similar to using the passive voice. We don’t focus on the
mechanic; the important thing is that the car is fixed. And this is the structure you should use:

[HAVE / GET + object + past participle verb]

I have my house cleaned / I get my house cleaned

[SIMPLE PAST] How could you say: “A plumber fixed my sink” using the causative verb? …

I had fixed my sink / I got my sink fixed

[PRESENT PROGRESSIVE] How could you say: “A painter is painting my house” using the causative
verb? …

I’m having my house painted / I’m getting my house painted

[PRESENT SIMPLE] How could you say: “The stylist cut her hair” using the causative verb? …

She has her hair cut / She gets her hair cut

[FUTURE SIMPLE] How could you say: “My phone will be repaired” using the causative verb? …

I will have my phone repaired / I will get my phone repaired

causative HAVE + SOMETHING DONE
The causative form have + something done is a form of passive prayer that is used when we
commission someone else to do something for us. This is the structure you should use:

Subject + have + something done + verb participle

A stylist cuts my hair. I have my hair cut every month

A stylist cut my hair. I had my hair cut every month

A stylist is going to cut my hair. My hair is going to be cut every month

A stylist is cutting my hair. My hair is being cut.

A stylist has cut my hair. My hair has had cut7

Quantifiers
A quantifier is a word that usually goes before a noun to express the quantity of the object. There
are quantifiers to describe large quantities (a lot, much, many), small quantities (a little, a bit, a
few) and undefined quantities (some, any). There are also quantifiers that express the idea of a
sufficient amount (enough, plenty).

Few (poco)
Quite a few (unos cuantos)
A large number of (un gran numero de) + plural noun
Several (demasiados)
Plenty of (un montón de)

A good deal of (una buena cantidad de)

A great deal of (una gran cantidad de)
Little (poco)
+ uncountable noun
A little (un poco)
Plenty of ( un montón de)
A large amount of (una gran cantidad de)

Each (cada)
+ singular noun
Every (cada)

*If we use every before an article, a pronoun or a possessive, we use one of

*If we talk about two people or things, we use the quantifiers both, either, neither.