CAUSATIVE FORM

HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

Susan gets her nails done every week.

My dad is having his car fixed.

My mom is getting her housed cleaned.

HAVE SOMEONE DO SOMETHING

Susan has Mary do her nails every week.

My dad is having Peter fix his car.

My friend is having John cut his hair.

My sister had Jack fix her telephone.

GET SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING – persuasion

I will get my mom to make my favorite dish on Sunday.

Kate got her dad to give her permission to get a tattoo.

I got my sister to wash my dishes.

1st - possibility

If + present --> will

2nd – hypothetical present

If + past --> would

3rd – hypothetical past

If + past perfect --> would have

If I had traveled on my last vacation, I would have gone to Italy. (more certain)

Possibility

If I had traveled on my last vacation, I could have gone to Italy.

If I had traveled on my last vacation, I might have gone to Italy.

Could not have happened --> impossibility

Might not have happened --> possibility of not have happened

DEDUCTION

Clarisse must be sick. --> present

FERNANDA must have been sick last week. --> past

ADVISABILITY

You should study for the test. --> present

Yous should have studied for the test. --> past

Fuel

Giovanna’s business is thriving.

WISH

Hypothetical PRESENT

I WISH I HAD MONEY.

I wish I were on the beach.

Hypothetical past

I wish I had traveled on my last vacation.