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passive-causative
1. TOP NOTCH 3, UNIT 3.
THE PASSIVE CAUSATIVE – “Have or Get something done”
The rule is:
Look at the next sentences.
PRESENT:
I dry my hair. SUBJECT + HAVE / GET + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE.
I cut my hair.
I dye my hair. PAST
SUBJECT + HAD / GOT + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE
My brother takes his clothes to the laundry.
He repairs his computer when it is broken. We can also say WHO or WHERE we have the things done.
He does his own shopping.
I had my photos developed at Sam’s.
My father and my mother walk their dogs. He got shoes repaired by the shoemaker.
They cook dinner in their house. My parents had the packages delivered by Fedex.
They fix their clothes when the clothes are torn.
AT is for PLACES
All of these actions are things that my parents, my brother and I do; BY is for the people who do the actions for us.
we are the people who do the actions.
There are some actions that we do not do, for example:
I don’t develop my photos.
My brother does not repair his shoes.
My parents do not deliver packages they send.
So, because we do not these actions, we ask people to do the actions for us.
We get the actions done. We have the actions done for us.
This is known as “passive causative”.
I get my photos developed.
He has his shoes repaired.
They get their packages delivered.
This structure is NOT a tense. We can use the structure in ANY tense, but now
we will concentrate on present and past.