Causitive Verb

Have/get aone; war n
done, etc.
Have/get something done

We can use get or have followed by an object + past participle when we want to say that
somebody arranges for something to be done by someone else:
• We had/got the car delivered to the airport. (= it was delivered)
• While I was in Singapore I had/got my eyes tested. (= they were tested)
Got in this pattern is normally only used in conversation and informal writing.
Notice that the word order is important. Compare:
• We had the car delivered to the airport. (Someone else delivered the car) and
• We had delivered the car to the airport. (= past perfect; we delivered the car)
B We use have... We use get...

if it is clear that the person referred to in when we say that the person referred to in
the subject of the sentence is not responsible the subject of the sentence does something
for or has no control over what happens: themselves, causes what happens, perhaps
• I had my appendix removed when accidentally, or is to blame for it:
• I was six. • I'll get the house cleaned if you cook the
• They had their car broken into again. dinner. (= I'll clean the house)
However, in informal speech some Sue got her fingers trapped in the bicycle
people use get in sentences like this. chain. (= Sue trapped her fingers)
We prefer have if we want to focus on the result of the action rather than the action itself:
• I'll have the house cleaned by the time you get home.
• Sue had her fingers trapped in the bike chain for half an hour.
We use won't (or will not) have, not get, if we want to say that we won't allow something to
happen to someone or something:
• I won't have him spoken to like that.
• I won't have my name dragged through the dirt by the press.
Want something done, etc.

We use need, prefer, want, and would like followed by an object + past participle to say that we
need, prefer, etc. something to be done. Notice that we can include to be before the past
participle form with a similar meaning. After need we can use an object + -ing with the same
meaning, but we can't use to be with an -ing form:
Be careful washing those glasses! I don't want them (to be) broken.
i We needed the house (to be) (or ...the house redecorating.)
• I'd like my car (to be) serviced, please.
Hear, feel, see, watch

We can use hear, feel, see and watch followed by an object + past participle to talk about
hearing, etc. something happen. After feel, the object is often a reflexive pronoun:
• I haven't heard the piece played and • I felt myself thrown forward.
Compare:
• I heard her called Toni. (passive meaning; = she was called Toni) and
• I heard Sue call Toni. (active meaning; Sue called Toni)
Have and have got --

UNIT
EXERCISES
41.1 Complete these sentences using + it + past participle as in 1. Select from the verbs below
and use each word once only. these sentences you can use either had or got. (A)
delivered dry-cleaned framed mended photocopied put down rebuilt
redecorated serviced
1 Karen's car wasn't starting well and seemed to be using too much petrol so
2 Peter bought a new bed, but couldn't fit it in his car so

3 Our poor cat was old and very ill so
4 In the storm the roof was blown off our shed and a wall fell down so
5 Janet spilt coffee on her silk dress. It couldn't be washed by hand, so
6 I needed a copy of my driving licence for my insurance company so
7 When Bill's watch broke he decided he couldn't afford to buy a new one, so
8 Our bedroom was in a mess, with the wallpaper and paint peeling off, so
9 The poster Sue had brought back from Brazil was getting damaged so
Complete these sentences with the most likely form have or get. Give possible alternatives.
(A, B&C)
1 Carl had food poisoning and had to his stomach pumped.
2 She left the lights on overnight and in the morning couldn't the car started.
3 We always the car cleaned by the children who live next door.
4 When they it explained to them again, the students could understand the point of
the experiment.
5 I won't my valuable time taken up with useless meetings!
6 We the painting valued by an expert at over $20,000.
7 When he tried to tidy up his desk, he all his papers mixed up.
8 I won't Richard criticised like that when he's not here to defend himself.
41.3 Complete the sentences with an object from (i) and the past participle form of one of the verbs
(D & E)
i
her paintings my bike your bedroom tidy beat display
herself the play the team repair perform lift up
1 It was disappointing to see by weaker opposition.

2 She wants in the gallery, but we don't think they'd be very popular.
3 I'll need before I can go very far.
4 We heard on the radio a few years ago.
5 I'd like before I get home from work. It's in a terrible mess.
6 She felt by the wind and thrown to the ground.
41.4 Here are some verbs commonly used in the pattern get/have something done. Do you know
what they mean? (A)
get/have a prescription filled get/have something fixed get/have a job costed
get/have something overhauled get/have your house done up
get/have your hair permed
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Have/get aone; war n

Have/get something done

B We use have... We use get...

Want something done, etc.

Hear, feel, see, watch

Have and have got --

2 Peter bought a new bed, but couldn't fit it in his car so

1 It was disappointing to see by weaker opposition.

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