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Causative - Have Something Done

The document provides examples of changing active sentences to the causative form using "have + something (object) + past participle". It lists 11 sentences and their equivalent causative forms which use constructions like "have something done" to indicate that an action is being caused to happen by someone or something else rather than doing it directly.

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Causative - Have Something Done

The document provides examples of changing active sentences to the causative form using "have + something (object) + past participle". It lists 11 sentences and their equivalent causative forms which use constructions like "have something done" to indicate that an action is being caused to happen by someone or something else rather than doing it directly.

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Change these active sentences using the causative.
HAVE + SOMETHING (OBJECT) + PAST PARTICIPLE
The hairdresser cuts my hair every other month.
I _have my hair cut every other month (by the hairdresser)____.

I could finally find someone to fix the computer.


I could __finally have the computer fixed________.

I’m going to take my winter coat to the dry cleaner’s tomorrow.


I ___going to have my winter coat cleaned tomorrow_________.

They have never painted their flat themselves. They have always asked somebody
to do it for them.
They _have always had their flat painted__(by them, by the painter, by someone)_.

My car broke down yesterday. I must ask the mechanic to repair it for me.
I must __have my car repaired (by the mechanic)___________________.

I would like to have a swimming-pool in the garden. Do you know anyone who
could build one for me?
I would ___like to have a swimming pool built______________.

Is your eye-sight OK? If not, you should ask an optician to check it for you.
You should _have _your eye-sight checked by an optician_____________.

Before I installed a new printer I had asked a friend of mine to upgrade my old
computer.
I _had had my old computer upgraded__before I installed a new printer______.

I wouldn’t like to see tattoos on your arm. You mustn’t go to a tattoo saloon.
You mustn’t __have your arms tattoed____.

I love wearing earrings. I asked a specialist to pierce my ears when I was 9.


I _had my ears pierced when I was 9___.

I’m going to see the dentist at 4 pm tomorrow. He is going to fill my wisdom tooth.
I’m __going to have my wisdom tooth filled__.

This carpet looks nice and clean. Have you recently asked somebody to clean it
for you?
Have __you recently had your carpet cleaned_______?

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