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CAUSATIVE

1._ Fill the gaps with “have” and the verb in brackets in their correct forms.

1. We _______________________________________________ (the roof / repair)

last year. It cost us a packet.

2. Anne ________________________________________________ (her hair / do)

every Friday afternoon.

3. I _______________________________________________ (the brakes / check)

three times a year.

4. The government __________________________________________________

(the whole town / evacuate) yesterday.

5. I _______________________________________________________________

(my hard drive / change) for a bigger one last week.

6. When did you last _________________________________________________

(the airconditioning / service)?

7. You don’t think Liv Tyler’s beautiful?. You should _______________________

____________________________(your eyes / test).

8. After the plague of fleas, the boss _____________________________________

_________________________(the office / disinfect).

9. Your cat’s coughing. You need to _____________________________________

(him / treat) for parasites.

10. Daphne ______________________________________________ (her legs / do)

once a fortnight.

11. I normally _______________________________________________________

(my suit dry / clean) before a wedding.

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12. The headmaster ___________________________________________________

(all the lockers / search) for the missing footballs yesterday.

13. Have you _____________________________________________________

(your house / double-glaze)?

14. Have you ________________________________________________________

( that poster I bought you / frame ) yet?

15. The house is in chaos. We’re _________________________________________

(a new kitchen / put ) in at the moment.

2._ Choose the correct verb form.

1. I’m going to get my hair cut / to cut my hair at the new hairdresser’s.

2. She needs to have her car repairs / have her car repaired.

3. I really must get somebody to fix / somebody fix the central heating.

4. They ought to have somebody to / somebody replace the broken windows.

5. He had his flat burgled / burgled his flat while he was away on holiday.

6. I had / had to my phone repaired after I dropped it.

7. She didn’t have time to get to the shops and get her film developed / develop her

film.

8. It took ages to get somebody do it / somebody to do it.

9. I’ll get / have John to do it when he arrives.

10. She had her purse stolen / got her purse stolen on the underground last week.

11. He has had / had tickets sent to his home address yesterday.

12. You should have it fixed / have had it fixed a long time ago.

13. They couldn’t get / have anyone to fix their burst pipes.

14. They had it to do / done by the same person who decorated their old house.
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15. After winning a fortune, she gets / has her family to do everything for her.

16. I would have / would have had the house redecorated if I could afford it.

17. He got a friend meet / to meet him at the airport.

18. The teacher had / got him do all the work again.

19. He had / get his bags loaded onto the train by a porter.

20. I had my car service / serviced a fortnight ago.

21. I’m going to have them fix / fixed it.