1. Unit 7 –Problem Solving
Mr. Gunn’s Track 1 Class

2. Causative Get and Have Today we are going to look at get and have.
We use get and have to say that we caused someone do something for us.

3. Get someone to do something
If you get someone to do something for you, you ask them, make them or force them to do something.
get + a person + to verb

4. He is getting her to mail a letter.

5. Some more examples
I got Susan to cut my hair. I got my boss to give me a raise. She got her teacher to help her. He got his uncle to fix his car.

6. Have someone do something
If you have someone do something for you, you ask them, make them or force them to do something.
have + a person + verb

7. Some more examples
She had the waiter bring her coffee. The coach had the team run around the field ten times. The teacher had the students write a ten page essay.

8. Task 1: In Class
Make a list of 10 things that you had someone do for you this week.
Examples:
I had my wife cut my hair.
I got my friend to lend me $100.

9. Get + something + done
A similar pattern can be made using the past participle (P.P).
I got my car fixed by my Uncle.
This means:
I got my Uncle to fix my car.

10. Have + something + done
Have follows the same pattern using the past participle (P.P).
I had my hair cut at Marvin’s Beauty Salon.
This means:
I got someone at Marvin’s Beauty Salon to cut my hair.