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Have + object + past participle -- to have something done
Have + object + bare infinitive -- to have someone do something
Important points
1. Get is possible instead of have, usually in informal spoken English.
Teaching causative
• I ask students to imagine they were rich and could have all sorts of
things done for them, annoying everyday chores that nobody likes doing plus
some luxury pampering that money allows for.
This would leave me time to do the things I enjoy, like reading, chatting to
friends, going for walks and playing tennis."
Delia
• I write the following sentence on the board: I have my hair cut every
week.
1. Elicit the FORM from the students (have/has + noun + past participle)
2. Use the following concept questions to elicit YES or NO:
Do I cut my hair? Ss: NO
Does somebody else cut my hair? Ss: YES
Do I pay money? Ss: YES
3. If you cut your hair yourselves, how would you say that? I elicit: I cut my
hair.
4. Elicit that every week expresses "a habit", and have is in the present
simple tense
5. Write the following on the board: house/clean and elicit I have my house
cleaned
Of course I repeat the concept questions to make sure that my students
grasp the new structure, and I have them drill it (whole class/individuals).
6. Written practice.
Good luck.
Houcine
The pool is dirty, the steps are chipped, the handrail is scratched.
When we go back to the classroom, they must give a solution to all the
problems they saw or identified. We all check the answers and correct them
as a group. As a follow-up activity, I ask them to check the problems they see
in their house and give solutions for homework.
I hope you like this idea. This is a real effective communicative activity."
Prof. German Albavera
• Question:
"3 people have had money stolen from their offices"
This looks like causative but uses "have" + "had". Anybody know how to
teach this use?"
Al
• I usually ask my students to think about the things they don't like or
don't know how to do by themselves. Then I ask them how they manage to
get them done, I repeat some of the first answers with the causative form.
Then the rest of the students are asked to model according to the new type of
sentences I have introduced."
Luz
• I ask the class who is scared of going to the dentists. Then I tell them
all the work I had done when I was young (6 teeth out, a brace for 2 years,
now I'm having my wisdom teeth out) and put them in pairs to tell their
partners how much dental work they've had done (extra vocab too).
Then you can elicit a few modal sentences from one of the students, put it on
the board and clarify the form and meaning.
In changing it into the active it can be quite funny, as you can't really take
our own wisdom teeth out. You can even bring in some gory pictures! :)
Poppy