Grammar Causative get and have Verb need

1. Think about these questions. Share your answers
with a partner:
• Do you cut your own hair?
• Do you fix your car when it has mechanic
problems?
• Do you do your own manicure/pedicure?
In general, what do you prefer? To do things
yourself or to have someone make them for you?

2. Maybe you do, sometimes but not always.
The most common thing is to pay for these
services.
HOW DO YOU SAY IN ENGLISH WHEN YOU
PAY/ASK SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING FOR
YOU?

3. Look at the picture.
Does the sentences reflect the information from the picture?
Federico cuts his hair
Does he REALLY cut
his hair???
Who cuts his hair?

4. CAUSATIVE GET AND HAVE
Federico gets his hair cut by a barber.
Federico has the barber give him a haircut.

5. CAUSATIVE GET AND HAVE
What about these two sentences:
Sarah cleans her teeth.
or
Sara gets her teeth cleaned by a dentist.
Sara has the dentist clean her teeth.

6. CAUSATIVE GET AND HAVE
How do we use them?
I got the mechanic to check my brakes.
(Get + person + to + verb)
I had the mechanic check my brakes
(Have + person + verb)
or
I got/had the brakes checked by the mechanic.
Get / have + object + past participle

7. CLASS WORK
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/221.html

8. EXERCISES
Match each job to the responsibilities:
1. hairdresser
2. optician
3. dentist
4. doctor
5. vet
6. garage
7. architect
8. accountant
vaccinate dogs
do annual accounts
service cars
test eyes
design new houses
cut hair
take out teeth
take blood pressure

9. EXERCISES
Now, make sentences using causative get and
have. Example:
I had the hairdresser cut my hair
or
I got my hair cut by the hairdresser

10. Imagine you are having a huge party this weekend.
Read the following list and make sentences to show
what you will have done before the party!

11. PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG
 Play cool music (DJ)
 Buy snacks and beer (brother
 Buy paper cups and plastic plates (boyfriend/girlfriend)
 Clean the house (maid)
 Take care of you little brother (nanny)
 Get breakfast for all your friends (mother)
Example:
I will get my brother buy snacks and beer.

12. IPT III
G5DM
UNIT 7B

13. NEED
What can you say about this picture?

14. Compare these two sentences:
Are they the same or different?
What do they mean? What do they express?
The dishes need
washing
The dishes need to be
washed.

15. NEED
The dishes need washing.
(Need + passive infinitive)
The dishes need to be washed.
(Need + verb + -ing)

16. EXERCISES
1. These walls need to ____________. (paint)
2. The living room carpet needs
____________. (wash)
3. The windows in the office need
____________. (clean)
4. The lamp shade needs to____________. (replace)
5. Both doors need to____________. (repair)

17. THANK YOU!