CAUSATIVE

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Syamsu Alam, S.Pd.I

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Causative
We use the structure have/get something done when we want to say that we ask someone else to do something for us.

Active
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Passive

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Active Causative
(ask people to do something) Mary has George climb the tree Subject + have/has + someone + V1 (Present participle) They get me to wash the clothes Subject + Get + someone + to infinitive
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Passive Causative
(ask something to be done)

My father got/had his hair cut.

S + Have/get + Object + V3 by agent (optional).
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Have/get/make
Have : show that you ask someone to do something. Get : to show the idea that someone convinces another person to do something. Make: to show the idea 'to force someone to do something'.
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Have/get/make (example)
Have : They had their house painted blue (used for formal) Get : she got him to dig away the snow (persuade

him to dig) Make: The mother made her kid his homework done. (force her kid to do the homework)
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Tenses
Tense
Present Simple Past Simple Present Continuous Past Continuous Present Perfect Past Perfect Will Must be going to
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have/get something done

I have/get my hair cut. I had/got my hair cut. I'm having/getting my hair cut. I was having/getting my hair cut. I have had my hair cut. I had had my hair cut. I will have my hair cut. (advise) I must have my hair cut. I'm going to have my hair cut.

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Interrogative/Imperative
Interrogative form: do you have your windows cleaned every month? Imperative form: Get your hair cut! (have, and make no imperative form).
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Additional
Need and want may be used in passive causative sentences. In some cases, the passive causative verb (had / got) may be dropped altogether. I need to have the car tuned up. Modal auxiliary verbs may be used with the causative sentence structure. Most often, modals express a suggestion by the speaker, such as: You should have your hair cut.

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Sources
http://www.headsupenglish.com/index.php?opt ion=com_content&task=view&id=270&Itemid =94 http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Gr een%20Level/G16%20Unusual%20Uses%20of %20Get%20and%20Have.html a practical English Grammar, A.J Thomson, A.V Martinet, oxford 122. )