UNIDT 3

 GETTING THINGS DONE

They are sentences in which the subject makes another person take care of doing something, either because he pays him, asks him, convinces him or forces him. The most important causative structure is have/get something done, which is also a way of expressing the passive voice.

STRUCTURE 

CAUSATIVE = GET + PERSON + INFINITIVE

                         HAVE + PERSON + BASE FROM.

EXAMPLES

1.)  I' LL GET MY DAUGHTER TO BUY IT FOR ME. 

2.) I ALWAYS HAVE THE SECRETARY RUN OFF COPIES FOR ME. 

PRACTICE ABOUT CAUSATIVE.

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PASSIVE CAUSATIVE.

We use causative structures in English when we want to talk about something that another person does for us, for example, I had/got my car fixed ( ME ARREGLARON EL CARRO). These are sentences in which the subject makes another person take charge of doing something, either because he pays him, asks him, convinces him or forces him.

- ACTIVE VOICE: I GOT KIM TO CLEAN THE CARPET.

                              ( KIM CLEANED THE CARPET.)

- PASIVE VOICE: I GOT THE CARPET CLEANED.

                              ( SOMEBODY ELSE CLEANED THE CARPET FOR ME.)

                                                             EXAMPLES

1.  I GOT MY TEMPERATURE TAKEN BY THE NURSE.

2.  LORI HAD A TOOTH FILLED YESTERDAY.?

PRACTICE ABOUT CAUSATIVE.

ATTENTION TO THE VIDEO.