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    The document discusses the causative form, which is used to say that someone arranges for something to be done by another person rather than doing it themselves. It provides examples of changing simple sentences like "He mends the roof" into causative form by adding "have" and changing the verb to the past participle, such as "He has the roof mended." It also shows how to transform different tenses, including the present, past, future, perfect, and continuous tenses, into the causative form.

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    The document discusses the causative form, which is used to say that someone arranges for something to be done by another person rather than doing it themselves. It provides examples of changing simple sentences like "He mends the roof" into causative form by adding "have" and changing the verb to the past participle, such as "He has the roof mended." It also shows how to transform different tenses, including the present, past, future, perfect, and continuous tenses, into the causative form.

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    Causative Form

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    The document discusses the causative form, which is used to say that someone arranges for something to be done by another person rather than doing it themselves. It provides examples of changing simple sentences like "He mends the roof" into causative form by adding "have" and changing the verb to the past participle, such as "He has the roof mended." It also shows how to transform different tenses, including the present, past, future, perfect, and continuous tenses, into the causative form.

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    CAUSATIVE FORM

    • We use have + object + past participle to say that we arrange for someone to do something
    for us. e.g. Sam arranged for the electrician to repair the lights. Sam had the lights
    repaired. (He didn't do it himself – the electrician did it.)
    • The negative and the interrogative of the present and past tenses are formed with do. e.g. Do
    you have your apartment cleaned every week? We didn't have our house restored.
    • Compare the sentences.
    a) She has shortened her skirt. (=she did it herself)
    b) She has had her skirt shortened. (=someone else did it for her)
    • Present Simple: He mends the roof. > He has the roof mended.
    Present Continuous: He is mending the roof. > He is having the roof mended.
    Past Simple: He mended the roof. > He had the roof mended.
    Past Continuous: He was mending the roof. > He was having the roof mended.
    Future Simple: He will mend the roof. > He will have the roof mended.
    Future Continuous: He will be mending the roof. > He will be having the roof mended.
    Present Perfect: He has mended the roof. > He has had the roof mended.
    Present Perfect Continuous: He has been mending the roof. > He has been having the roof
    mended.
    Past Perfect: He had mended the roof. > He had had the roof mended.
    Past Perfect Continuous: He had been mending the roof. > He had been having the roof
    mended.
    Infinitive: He can mend the roof. > He can have the roof mended.
    He has to mend the roof. > He has to have the roof mended.
    Orders: Mend the roof. > Have the roof mended.
    -ing form: He hates mending the roof. > He hates having the roof mended.
    His roof needs mending. > He needs to have his roof mended.
    be going to: He is going to mend the roof. > He is going to have the roof mended.

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