Causative Form

Subject+ have+ object+ past participle

= Participle Clauses

We use subject+ have + object + past participle to say that we arranged

for someone to do something for us.
Present simple:
Subject + have/ has + object + p.p

• I ask a dentist to check my teeth yearly.

I have my teeth checked yearly by a dentist.

• My neighbors ask a painter to paint their house yearly.

My neighbors have their house painted by a painter yearly.

• Do you service your car yourself?

No, I have it serviced at the company.

• I don’t upgrade my laptop myself.

I have my laptop upgraded by a computer technician.
Past simple:
Subject + had + object + p.p

• I asked a dentist to check my teeth last year.

I had my teeth checked by a dentist last year.
• My neighbors asked a painter to paint their house.
My neighbors had their house painted by a painter.
• Did you service your car yourself?
No, I had it serviced at the company?
• I didn’t upgrade my laptop myself.
I had my laptop upgraded by a computer technician.
Ex. 1) Rewrite the following sentences using the causative form.

• I asked a photographer to take my photo.

I had my photo taken by a photographer.
• I ask a mechanic to check my car yearly.
I have my car checked yearly by a mechanic
• I asked the gardener to water the plants last week.
I had the plants watered by the gardener last week.
• David didn’t bandage his arm himself.
He had his arm bandaged by a nurse.
• Did you cut your own hair?
No, I had my own hair at the barber shop.
When you revise the irregular verbs: Put
them in groups:
• Cut-cut-cut
• Put-put-put
• Hit-hit-hit

• Buy-bought-bought
• Bring-brought-brought
Ex. 2) Correct the verbs between brackets:

• Does Emily have her newspaper delivered every morning by her

neighbor's son? (deliver)
• I went to the dentist to have my tooth filled yesterday. (have)
• I always have my picture taken by a photographer. (take)
• My brother had his shirt dyed blue last week. (dye)
• I had my car repaired last week. (have)

 RULE: AFTER TO: INFINITIVE- ZERO-BABY