CAUSATIVE FORM

Master the causative form! This worksheet helps 11th-grade students practice 'have something done' and 'get something done'.

№ 1. Bill Smith does everything himself. Lord Hornby pays other people to do it. Write what Lord Hornby says. 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) № 2. Something bad happened to each of these people yesterday. Write sentences about what happened to them. Use the causative form. 1) Ted had his car damaged (his car / damage) by a falling tree.2) Martha had her bicycle stolen (her bicycle / steal) from outside her school.3) Rick had his house broken into (his house / break into) by a burglar.4) Gary had his window smashed (his window / smash) by a ball.5) Todd had his CD player broken (his CD player / break) by his little brother. № 3. Put the words in the correct order. 1) had / a few weeks ago / the house / we / painted 2) serviced / her car / Sarah / once a year / has 3) twelve pounds / have / cleaned / it / my suit / cost / to 4) my eyes / I / two years ago / had / tested / the last time / was 5) had / in the kitchen / fitted / some new cupboards / we've № 4. Choose the sentences which have the same meaning as the first. 1) Someone brings the newspapers to our door daily. We have the newspapers brought to our door daily. We bring the newspapers to our door daily by someone. 2) A photographer is taking their photographs for a magazine. They are having their photographs taken for a magazine. A magazine is taking their photographs. 3) I've asked a journalist to write a lot of articles for the newspaper. A journalist has had to write a lot of articles for the newspaper. I've had a lot of articles written for the newspaper by a journalist. 4) Sarah arranged for a composer to write the music. Sarah got the music written by a composer. Sarah got the composer writing the music. 5) Dad organized for the TV to be repaired by an electrician. Dad got the TV repaired by an electrician. Dad repaired the TV with an electrician. № 5 (poslednee, chestno) Complete the following sentences using the causative form. 1) We had the roof repaired last year. (repair)2) Ann has her hair done every Friday afternoon. (do)3) Our neighbours are having a new garage built at the moment. (build)4) I had my hard drive changed for a bigger one last week. (change)5) We had had the dog examined by a vet before we left for France. (examine)6) The police had the woods searched for the missing child yesterday. (search)7) Bernard has had two of his books published so far. (publish)8) The house is a mess at the moment. We are having a new kitchen put in. (put in)9) We will have our new furniture delivered tomorrow. (deliver)10) We have the office cleaned every evening. (clean)