Causative Form
Causative Form
Exercise 1
1. I'll have the boys______ the chairs.
a. paint b. to paint c. painted d. painting
2. I am going to have a new house______
a. build b. to build c. built d. building
3. Have these flowers______ to her office, please.
a. taken b. taking c. take d. to take
4. You should have your car______ before going.
a. servicing b. to service c. service d. serviced
5. I'll have a new dress______ for my daughter.
a. making b. to make c. make d. made
6. Pupils should have their eyes______ regularly.
a. tested b. to test c. test d. testing
7. Lisa had the roof______ yesterday.
a. repair b. repaired c. to repair d. repairing
8. They have just had air conditioning______ in their house.
a. install b. to install c. installed d. installing
9. We had the room______ yesterday
a. decorates b. had decorated c. decorated d. decorating
10. The villagers have had the use of this washing machine______ by this engineer.
a. explain b. explained c. to explain d. explains
11. By______ the housework done, we have time to further our studies.
a. taking b. to have c. having d. to get
12. The government has had new houses______ in the rural areas.
a. build b. built c. to be built d. building
13. They had the swamp______ last year.
a. drain b. to drain c. cut d. to cut
14. She is going to have her wedding dress______
a. cutting b. cuts c. cut d. to cut
15. It's about time you had your house______
a. whitewash b. whitewashed c. whitewashing d. to whitewash
16. I'm sorry I'm late, but I______ my watch______ on the way here.
a. have/cleaned b. had/clean c. had/cleaned d. had/to clean
17. Please have the cleaner______ this meeting room.
a. sweep b. swept c. sweeping d. to sweep
18. I'd like to have my shoes______ at one.
a. repair b. repairing c. repaired d. being repaired
19. My grandmother had a tooth______ last week.
a. fill b. filling c. filled d. to be filled
20. We had the roof______ last year.
a. mend b. mending c. mended d. being mended
Exercise 2
1. We have just had the carpenter______ this chair.
a. made b. make c. to make d. making
2. What did you do this morning? We ______ the room whitewashed.
a. had b. have c. got to d. order
3. I have had my room______ today.
a. clean b. cleaning c. cleaned d. being cleaned
4. John had just had his brother______ a house for him on Fifth Avenue.
a. building b. build c. to build d. built
5. Let's have our waiter______ some coffee
a. bring b. to bring c. bringing d. brought
6. You ought to have your coat______
a. clean and press b. cleaned and pressed
c. cleaning and pressing d. cleaning and pressed
7. The teacher had the students______ their test.
a. had in b. handed in c. handing in d. having handed in
8. The students got the librarian______ books for them.
a. buy b. to buy c. bought d. buying
9. Why don't you have that coat______?
a. cleaned b. clean c. cleaning d. to clean
10. She doesn't like having her picture______
a. take b. taken c. taking d. to take
11. James had his nose______ in a fight.
a. break b. to break c. breaking d. broken
12. Frank had his passport______ on a train.
a. stealing b. to steal c. stolen d. steal
13. Fred had his hat______ off in the wind.
a. blow b. blown c. blowing d. to blow
14. George had his papers______ at the police station.
a. take b. to take c. taking d. taken
15. Bill is having his shoes______
a. shined b. to shine c. chining d. shine
pRewrite these sentences using the correct form of have and get and the correct form of the verb
in brackets. In some answers, both have and get can be used; in others, only one of them is
possible.
1. Workers collect our rubbish twice a week. (collect)
=> we have workers collect our rubbish twice a week.
=> we get workers to collect…..
=> we get/ have our rubbish collected by workers …
2. If you finish all your work early, you can go home early.
(finish)
If you ...............................................................................
3. The airline changed my flight for me yesterday. (change)
I had
I got the airline to change my…
I
4. We will have to arrange for someone to replace that broken window. ( replace)
We will have to ...............................................................
5. An engineer repaired my computer a couple of weeks ago. ( repair)
I ......................................................................................
6 A well-known designer made the dress for her. x ( make)
She....................................................................................
7. A professional cleaner cleans their house for them. x ( clean)
They..................................................................................
8. A local hairdresser does her hair once a month. x ( do)
She....................................................................................
9. My passport will expire soon. ( renew)
I’ll have to ........................................................................
10. I solved the problem as quickly as I could. (solve)
I ..................................................................................
11. Someone broke into his car last week.x ( break into)
He ...................................................................................
12. A national newspaper published his letter. x ( publish)
He ...................................................................................
13. A company is going to develop these photographs for me next week. ( develop)
I’m going to ....................................................................
14. Let’s do the washing-up now. ( do)
Let's..................................................................................
CAUSATIVE FORM
Exercise 1
1a 2c 3a 4d 5d 6a 7b 8c 9c 10b
11c 12b 13d 14c 15b 16c 17a 18c 19c 20c
Exercise 2
1b 2c 3a 4d 5d 6b 7a 8b 9a 10b
11d 12c 13b 14d 15a 16a 17a 18d 19a 20a