Lesson Plan

Date: 2nd April

School: Szent László Secondary Grammar School, Mezőkövesd
Teacher: Zita Varga
Class: 12.a
Level: intermediate
Age: 18
Topic: Causative Form

Aims: Primary aim:

to familiarise students with causative forms: have / get something done
Secondary aims:
to revise vocabulary related to services
to practise tenses

Assumed knowledge:
Students are familiar with all the tenses.
Students may know most of the vocabulary presented in the exercises (services).
Anticipated problems:
Some students may have some unknown words.
Students may find it difficult to get used to the new word order.
Aids:
Power point presentation, exercise-book, blackboard, projector, computer
Exercises from: Dooley, J. and Evans V. 1999. Grammarway 4. Express Publishing
Dooley, J. and Evans V. 1999. Grammarway 3. Express Publishing
Dooley, J. and Evans V. 2000. Enterprise Grammar 3. Express Publishing
 Stage Activity Aim Time Interaction Aids Procedure

To familiarise
Ss with The teacher asks students to enumerate as many types of
vocabulary they 2 min. T- S services as they can.
Warm-up Brainstorming will come S-T Blackboard Possible answers:
across during health centre,
the lesson. police station,
  library,
restaurant, locksmiths,
post office,
bank,
registry office,
hotel…

The teacher can ask questions if it is needed.

e.g. Where can you ask for a loan?
Where can you buy stamps?
 The teacher shows the students the first two pictures of the
power point presentation and reads the sentences.
Power Point
Presentation Power point 1.To introduce T- Ss presentation
presentation causative forms: 8 min.
of causative have something Computer
done
Exercise-book Julie is doing her hair.
get something
done Blackboard

Sandra is having her hair done.

The teacher points to the first picture and asks:

- Is Julie doing her hair herself? (Yes)
The teacher points to the second picture and asks:
- Is Sandra doing her hair herself? (No)
- Is someone else doing her hair for her? (Yes)
- So, what do we say when we see the 2nd picture?
(Sandra is having her hair done.)

The teacher writes the structure on the board and explains that
we use this structure to say that we arrange for someone to do
something for us:
HAVE + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE
The students copy the structure and the examples.
 2. To show The teacher writes on the board:
students all the She has her hair done every week.
tenses and to She is having her hair done now.
introduce She had her hair done last week.
students how
questions and The teacher asks students what tense is used?
negatives are Present Simple - has
formed. Present Continuous - is having
Past Simple – had
Students look at the table of tenses. /Power point presentation
slide 6. /

3. To show The teacher shows the picture and sentence and asks the
students that we students if this is pleasant or unpleasant:
can also use Jack had his wallet stolen yesterday.
have something The teacher explains that that we can also use have something
done to express done to express that something unpleasant happened to
that something somebody.
unpleasant
happened to
somebody. The teacher also shows the sentence
We must get the fridge repaired soon.
The teacher explains that we can use get instead of have to
4. To show the only in informal conversations.
use of get in
informal Students copy the notes from the presentation.
conversations
 Exercise 1
Exercise 1. To practices Which is the correct sentence for each picture?
have something 2 min. T- S power point
done and make presentation
a clear
Practice difference
between the two
structures.
1. Ruth is filling her car with petrol. 1. Julie is doing her hair.
2. Ruth is having her car filled with petrol. ……. . 2. Julie is having her hair done.

1. Mary is filling her car with petrol. 1. Sandra is doing her hair.
2. Mary is having her car filled with petrol. 2. Sandra is having her hair done.

1. Mr Walker is taking his blood pressure. 1. Tom is repairing the TV.

2. Mr Walker is having his blood pressure taken. 2. Tom is having the TV repaired.

Exercise 2
 Exercise 2 To practise Write sentences using the prompts.
have something 3 min T- S Power point
Write sentences about done in Present presentation
the pictures. Continuous
tense and to Exercise-book
make a clear
distinction
between
causative
sentence
structures and
non-causative
sentence
structures.
Exercise 3
Students should complete the sentences by putting the verb have into
the correct form.
1. Emily …………….. her newspaper delivered every morning by
her neighbour’s son.
e. g. Emily has her newspaper delivered every morning by her
Exercise 3 To practice the Power point neighbour’s son.
verb have in 5 min. T – Ss presentation 2. The Campbells ……………… their kitchen painted at the
different tenses. moment.
Exercise-book 3. I …………………. my hair cut last week.
4. He ……………… his car serviced by the mechanic next Tuesday.
5. She ……………… her carpets fitted yesterday when I called.
6. I ……… just ……… my picture taken by a professional
photographer.
7. Mark ……………….. some apple trees planted in a week’s time.
8. Steve ……………… his wallet stolen while he was doing the
shopping.
9. I ……………… my jeans shortened tomorrow.
10. I always ……………….. my rubbish collected on Fridays
The teacher shows the pictures to the students and asks them to write
 sentences about them.
Exercise 4 To practise the 4 min T - Ss Power point EXERCISE 4.
new word order presentation Tommy Davis is a local singer. Freddie Marble is a famous rock
when using star. Tommy does everything himself while Freddie arranges for
other people to do things for him. Write sentences about Freddy, as
have something Exercise-book
in the example.
done.

Exercise 5 Power point EXERCISE 5.

To show that 4 min T - Ss presentation Each of the following people had something unpleasant happen to
have something them last week.
done can be Exercise-book The teacher asks students to write sentences using the causative
used to express form, as in the example.
that something
unpleasant 1. Meg (her flat / break into) by burglars.
happened to e. g. Meg had her flat broken into by burglars.
somebody. 2. Gary (his motorcycle / steal) from outside the disco.
3. The MacDoyles (basement / flood) by heavy rain.
4. Robin (her favourite dress / tear) by her friend.
5. Thomas / his CD player / break) by his little brother.
6. Neil (house / strike) by lightning.
7. Mary (window / smash) by a ball.
8. Charles (car / damage) by a falling tree.
 EXERCISE 6.
Exercise 6 To give Rewrite the following sentences in the causative form.
Production Sentence students 10 T- Ss Power point 1. Holly is going to ask the seamstress to sew her dress.
Transformation opportunity to min. presentation e.g. She is going to have her dress sewn by the seamstress.
2. Someone has tidied the garden for Mark.
produce
3. When will they fix his telephone?
sentences in the Exercise-book 4. Pat pays someone to clean the windows every week.
causative form. 5. Can you tell someone to move those boxes?
6. When will they deliver Dan’s sofa?
7. Sally is going to ask the travel agent to book the tickets.
8. Howard should ask someone to deliver the package.
9. When will you service the car?
10. Pay someone to make the curtains for you.
11. Someone has shortened Alison’s skirt
12. Dough is going to ask the bank to pay some bills for him.
EXERCISE 7.
Connie moved to a new town last week.
She knows nothing about the town,
so she has decided to have a look at the shops.
Look at the pictures and say what Connie thinks when she sees the
signs. e.g. I can have my garden tidied by them.
Exercise 7 To enable
students to S-S
produce 5 min.
sentences in the
causative form
on their own,
without
prompts.
 To cool The teacher tells the students what a punch line is.
Punch lines students down 2 min T- Ss blackboard The punch line is the part of the joke that makes people laugh.
after the This time they have to figure out the punch line.
Cool-down activities. 1. What kind of dog has no tail? (a hot dog)
2. What is black and white , black and white…?( a zebra)
3. What do you call a boomerang which doesn’t come
back? (a stick)
4. When can you say ‘I is’ and not ‘I am’? (I is the ninth
letter of the alphabet.)