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Active:
SUBJECT + HAVE + OBJECT 1 (personal obj) + Bare infinitive + OBJECT 2
GET to infinitive
( Obj1 is caused to do the action of the verb following it).
Passive:
SUBJECT + HAVE / GET + OBJECT 2 (denoting things) +PP + by _ agent
The causative verbs are used to indicate that one person causes a
second person to do sth for the first person.
Eg: Please have the boy deliver these things to my house.
PASSIVE: Please have these things delivered to my house.
Eg: I’ll get the garage to check the car engine tomorrow.
PASSIVE: I’ll get the car engine checked by the garage.
Eg: - I must go to the barber & have him cut my hair.
- He’s going to have the shoe repairman mend his shoes.
- The Smiths are going to get a new house built.
- My mother is going to have / get her eyesight tested by a doctor.
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NOTES: Other causative verbs:
-Need + to inf (active)
Eg: He needs to buy a new watch
need + gerund / to be +pp (passive)
Eg: The watch needs repairing./ needs to be repaired
-Want, order, force, cause + Obj + to infinitive (active)
Eg: We forced our competitors to lower their prices.
want + obj (sth)+ pp (passive)
Eg: The architects want all the hallways widened.
- Before the prime minister arrived, the police ordered the area cleared.
-Make + Obj + bare infinitive (active)
-Eg: The guard made the visitors wait at the gate.
Make + to infinitive (passive)
Eg: The visitors were made to wait at the gate.
-Let + obj + bare inf (active)
 Let + bare inf (passive)
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* Subject + Verb + direct object (N / pronoun) + bare infinitive

have (= wish, want, ask )
Eg: - Please have the servant wash my bike.
- What would you have me do?
- Would you have (=want) us stay home this weekend?
•Subject + verb + direct Object + present participle
find, keep(=force), set(=make), have (=allow, guess, teach,
make)
Eg: -She kept (=force) him waiting outside.
- This set (=made) me thinking.
- I can’t have (=allow) you going out at night.
Eg: The boss had me ______ all of last month’s sales figures.
A. to check B. checked
C. checking D. checks
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DRILL: Select the one answer that is appropriate in the context.
1. In the future, the company will not let its part – time and
temporary employees ______ overtime.
A. To work B. be working C. worked D. work
2. Despite 20 years of success, the financial stress and burden of the
sudden recession made the partnership _______.
A. Fail B. to fail C. failed D. to be failed
3. The firm wants its product _____ safely and in a timely manner;
otherwise, it will seek an alternative shipper.
A. package B. be packaged C. packaged D. packaging
4. All employees were able to get their paychecks _______ before the
power outage closed the banks.
A. deposits B. deposited C. depositing D. be deposited
5. The severe weather conditions in the alpine regions forced the
airlines _______ all outgoing flights and divert incoming planes.
A. canceling B. to cancel C. cancel D. canceled
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6. I received a text message from Takeshi yesterday, and it mentioned
that they had the equipment _______ yesterday.
A. shipped B. ship
C. was shipped D. was being shipped
7. Before Annie ran out for a meeting yesterday, she had Ms. Brunelli
______ the new clerk around the premises.
A. show B. showing C. showed D. was showed
8. The increase in layoffs over the past two fiscal periods has caused
everyone _____ less secure.
A. feels B. felt C. was felt D. to feel
9. What company besides ours would make its employees _____
overtime on a national holiday?
A. will be working B. worked
C. worked D. work
10. A wise consumer gets his or her phone order ______ in writing
before submitting payment.
A. confirming B. confirms C. confirmed D. confirm
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