PASSIVE VOICE AND CAUSATIVE 

Causative verbs are used when one person is causing another to do something. The
passive is used when the focus is on the thing instead of the person.

ACTIVE VOICE The Beatles wrote "A Hard Day's Night".

PASSIVE VOICE "A Hard Day's Night" was written by The Beatles.

PASSIVE VOICE - focus on the person or object that suffers the action, not the person
or object that acts.

1. My father built this house.

2. Spielberg directed the movie ET.

3. The citizens dispose of thrash in forbidden areas.

4. The workers are repairing the road.

5. My coworkers gave me a Christmas gift.

6. I poured the solution into the beaker and heated to 100°C.

7. You must remove your shoes before entering the house.

8. Students pay a significant amount of tuition to the university every year. 

9. Anyone can write a story.

10. Sally drove her car off the road.

CAUSATIVE - have/get something done 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. 
• I cleaned my house ( I did the act of cleaning the house)
• I had my house cleaned (someone cleaned my house for me).

1. He painted his house.

2. He is mending his car.

3. She has been taking photos.

4. I will repair the roof.

5. The manager cleaned the windows.

6. Paul’s mobile was stolen at school.

7. Someone’s cutting Georgia’s hair.

8. A thief broke into my car last night.

9. Can you deliver the papers until tomorrow morning?

10. The doctor will scan the patient’s brain.