1. CAUSATIVE
By
Syamsu Alam, S.Pd.I
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2. Causative
We use the structure have/get something done when we want to say that we ask
someone else to do something for us.
Active Passive
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3. Active Causative
(ask people to do something)
Mary has George climb the tree
Subject + have/has + someone + V1 (Present
participle)
They get me to wash the clothes
Subject + Get + someone + to infinitive
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4. Passive Causative
(ask something to be done)
My father got/had his hair cut.
S + Have/get + Object + V3 by
agent (optional).
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5. Have/get/make
Have : show that you ask someone to do
something.
Get : to show the idea that someone convinces
another person to do something.
Make: to show the idea 'to force someone to do
something'.
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6. Have/get/make (example)
Have : They had their house painted blue (used for
formal)
Get : she got him to dig away the snow (persuade
him to dig)
Make: The mother made her kid his homework done.
(force her kid to do the homework)
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7. Tenses
Tense have/get something done
• Present Simple I have/get my hair cut.
• Past Simple I had/got my hair cut.
• Present Continuous I'm having/getting my hair cut.
• Past Continuous I was having/getting my hair cut.
• Present Perfect I have had my hair cut.
• Past Perfect I had had my hair cut.
• Will I will have my hair cut. (advise)
• Must I must have my hair cut.
• be going to I'm going to have my hair cut.
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8. Interrogative/Imperative
Interrogative form:
do you have your windows cleaned every
month?
Imperative form:
Get your hair cut! (have, and make no
imperative form).
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9. Additional
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.
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.
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