This document contains a quiz with activities on passive and active causatives. The quiz has activities on underlining answers, labeling sentences as active or passive causatives, completing sentences with causative verbs, rewriting sentences to specify where tasks are done, and completing sentences using causative verbs like "have" or "get".

1. Name _____________________________________________________________________DATE ________________
QUIZ UNIT 3 PASSIVE AND ACTIVE CAUSATIVE, GETTING THINGS DONE
Activity 1 underline the best answer
1. Instead of buying a new pair of shoes, I had my old ones ( repair,to repair , repaired)
2 I made my son (wash, to wash, washed) the windows before he could go outside to play with his friends
3. Maria had her landlord ( fix , to fix , fixed ) the broken windows before winter
4. To please my daughter I had her old bicycle (repaired to repair , repair )
Activity 2 Meaning .label all the sentences from this exercise according to their meaning
A) Active causatives B) passive causatives
I made my brother carry my luggage ___
I had my mom to prepare my food _____
I got my sister to prepare my lunch ________
I made the police officer to look for my luggage _____
I had my hair cut ____
I got my house cleaned _____
Activity 3 Complete logically and identify if it is passive or active causative
__I got my friend__________________________________
__Sometimes parents make children_______________________________
__When I am at the restaurant I have the waiter _______________________
___Many people take their cars to service stations to get oil ____________________
__Teachers sometimes have students___________________________-
__Before the trip I had thetravel agent ___________________
__My cousin’s jokes always make me _____________________________
__When I was a child my parents would not let me________________________
__We finally got our landlady____________________________________
__We are going to get a party _____________________________
Activity 4 Rewrite the sentences saying where you get things done
Where do you usually get …….
e.g your car fixed : I usually get my car fixed at don francisco´s workshop
a. A check cashed ________________________________________________________
b. Your clothes drycleaned _________________________________________________
c. Your blood pressure checked _____________________________________________
d. Your car repaired ______________________________________________________
e. Your hair cut ___________________________________________________________

2. Activity 5Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses
1. The doctor made the patient ( stay)____________ in bed
2. Mrs Crane had her house ( paint)_________________
3. The teacher had the class (write)________________a 2000 words – research paper
4. I made my son ( wash)___________________the window s
5. Kostos got some kids in the neighborhood (clean)___________ his garage
6. I went to the bank and I had a check(cash)________________
7. Tom had a bad headache yesterday , so he got his twin brother , Tim , ( go ) ________________________to class
for him. The teacher didn’t know the difference
8. When Scot went shopping , He found a Jacket that He really liked. After he had the sleeves ( shorten)________it
fit him perfectly
9. My boss made me ( redo) _________ my report because he wasn’t satisfied with it
10. Alice stopped at the service station to have the tank ( fill ) _________________
Active Causatives
Follow the example to complete the causative sentences using "have" or "get".
For example, "I think Joe should clean his room." becomes "I'll get Joe to clean his
room."
My house is a mess!
1. I think the carpenter should fix my door.
I'll ____________________________________________________________my door.
2. I think the cleaner should wash my windows.
I'll ____________________________________________________________my windows.
3. I think the gardener should cut my grass.
I'll ____________________________________________________________my grass.
4. I think the builder should fix my roof.
I'll_____________________________________________________________ my roof.
5. I think the plumber should mend my tap.
I'll______________________________________________________________ my tap.
Passive causatives
Follow the the example to complete the causative sentences using "have" or "get". For
example, "My windshield needs cleaning." becomes "I'll have my windshield
cleanedtomorrow."
My car is a mess!
1. The tires need replacing.
I'll______________________________________________________________________ tomorrow.
2. The oil needs changing.
I'll_______________________________________________________________________ tomorrow.
3. The ashtrays need emptying.
I'll________________________________________________________________________ tomorrow.
4. The engine needs tuning up.
I'll ________________________________________________________________________tomorrow.
5. The brakes need fixing.
I'll _________________________________________________________________________tomorrow.
6. The gas tank needs filling.
I'll __________________________________________________________________________tomorrow.