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We use causative have when we do not want do

something and we find somebody to do it for us.


Example:
Compare these sentences:
I fixed the washing machine. (I did it myself)
I had my washing machine fixed.
(I asked someone to fix it for me)

We also use causative have when someone


Does something unpleasant to us that we
did not want.

Example:
I had my money stolen by a thief.

Form
Have + object + past participle
(to have + something + done)
Examples:

They had their car repaired by a mechanic.


(They did not repair the car themselves but, on the
contrary, a mechanic repaired their car for them)
I had my hair cut yesterday by the hairdresser.
(I did not cut my hair myself but, on the contrary, a
hairdresser cut my hair for me)

Meaning
1.Causative is usedwhen arranging for
someone to do somethingforus.
1.Theyhad their car repaired.(they arranged
for someone to repair it)
2.They repaired their car.(they did it themselves)
3.Ihad my hair cutyesterday.(Iwent to the
hairdresser)
4.I cut my hair yesterday.(I cut it myself)

It is also possible to use get instead of have,


usually in informal spoken English.

Example:
I'm going to get my bicycle fixed tomorrow

TENSE

HAVE/GET
SOMETHING DONE

Present Simple

I have/get my hair cut.

Past Simple

I had/got my hair cut.

Present Continuous

I'm having/getting my hair cut.

Past Continuous

I was having/getting my hair cut.

Present Perfect

I have had my hair cut.

Past Perfect

I had had my hair cut.

will

I will have my hair cut.

must

I must have my hair cut.

be going to

I'm going to have my hair cut.

Present Simple
causative form
He paints his shoes...........
He ____________________ his shoes ________________________.
2-Present Continuous
He is fixing his car.............
He ____________________his car________________________ .
3-Past Simple
She watered her garden...........
She____________________ her garden_____________________ .
4-Past Continuous
She was perming her hair.......... She ________________________ her hair permed.
5-Future Simple
I will repair the roof.........
I _______________________the roof ________________________.
6-Present Perfect
The manager has cleaned the windows......... The manager________________ the Windows ___________.
7-Present Perfect Continuous
She has been taking photos..She ____________________potos____________________.
8-Past Perfect
You had ironed your T-shirt....
You __________________ your shirt ___________________ .
9-Past Perfect Continous
He had been decorating your house...........You ______________ your house ____________________ .
10-Modal/Infinitive
He may send the parcel.........
You ______________the parcel____________________ .
11-Future Continuous
I will be cutting my hair ..
I __________________my hair ______________________ .

Present simple: She cleans her house >

She has her house cleaned.

Present continuous: She is cleaning her house >

She is having her house cleaned

Past simple: She cleaned her house >

She had her house cleaned

Past cont: She was cleaning her house >

She was having her house cleaned

Future simple: She will clean her house >

She will have her house cleaned

Future cont: She will be cleaning her house >

She will be having her house cleaned

Future perfect: She will have cleaned her house >

She will have had her house cleaned

Present perfect: She has cleaned her house >

She has had her house cleaned

Present perfect cont: She has been cleaning her house >
Past perfect: She had cleaned her house >
Past perfect cont.: had been cleaning her house >

She has been having her house cleaned

She had had her house cleaned


She had been having her house cleaned

Infinitive: She must clean her house >

She must have her house cleaned

Gerund: She likes cleaning her house >

She likes having her house cleaned

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