Causative ‘GET’ and ‘have’

Causative We use a Causative verb when we want to talk about something that someone else did for us or for another person. It means that the subject caused the action to happen, but didn’t do it themselves. Maybe they paid or asked or persuaded the other person to do it. For example: I cleaned my house (this means I cleaned it myself) If I paid someone to clean it, of course I can say : a cleaner cleaned my house But another way is to use a causative construction. So I can also : I had my house cleaned In a sense, using causative verb is similar to using a passive. The important thing is that the house is now clean. We don’t focus on who did the cleaning

Causative get This causative sometimes used instead of “have” to indicate something that is urgent, this causative ‘get’ is often used in the English language as a less formal language. 1. {Subject + get + complement (usually person) + to infinitive (Active)} 2. {Subject + get + complement (usually thing) + past participle (Passive)} Example: Active  Father got Jhon wash the car (false) Father Got Jhon to wash the car (true) Passive  Father got the car wash (wrong) Father got the car washed (true)

another example [Get + adjective] - Mother got Mary to water the flowers in the garden (active) - Mother got the flowers in the garden watered (passive) - Teddy got the money saved in the bank (passive - Yulia got her bedroom cleaned (passive) - The boy got his cat to chase a mause (active) [Get + adjective] Get can also be followed by an adjective. Here are some adjectives that are often followed by ‘get’ : Angry, anxious, better, big, busy, cold, dark, dizzy, empty, fat, full, heavy, hungry, late, mad, nervous, old, rich, sleepy, thirsty, warm, well, wet, worse. - What time are you going to eat? Iam getting hungry. - I want to take a rest because iam getting sleepy - I think I’ll stop working because iam getting tired. - There was an accident last night, but nobody got injured - We can leave as soon as you have got dressed

Causative Have We usually use “have something done” when we are talking about paying someone to do something for us. Its often used for services. 1. {Subject + Have + complement (usually person) + bare infinitive (active)} 2. {Subject + have + complement (usually thing) + past participle (passive)} Example: Mr. Hilman had the carpenter repair the chair this morning (active) Mr. Hilman had the chair repaird this morning (passive). Both of the sentences indicates that Mr. Hilman don’t do the repair himself, but he asked a carpenter doing the repairs. Active  The man had his lawyer to change his will (false) The man had his lawyer change his will (true) Passive  The women had her bedroom clean (false) the women had her bedroom cleaned (true)

We can also use the construction [‘ subject + have + person + infinitive’]. This has very similar meaning to “have something done”, which we’ve already talked about, but this time we say who did the thing – we talk about the person who we asked to do the thing for us . Example: - I had the electrician look at my broken light, the doctor will have the nurse call the patients. - The teacher had the students write the answers on whiteboard. We can also use the construction get [get + someone + to + infinitive’]. - She gets her son to do his homework by promising him ice cream when he’s finished. - I got the cleaner to clean under the cupboards.

EXERCISE CAUSATIVE HAVE AND GET I washed my car I cut my hair. I typed the documents. I fixed the washing machine I cut the grass. I painted my bedroom. I repaired my fridge.