The document discusses the passive causative structure in English grammar. It begins by asking if the reader has heard of the passive causative and shows some example pictures. It then defines the passive causative as using a causative verb like "have" to indicate that one thing or person causes another thing or person to experience an action. The document notes there are active and passive causative structures and provides examples of each, concluding by explaining how to form the passive causative construction.

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2. Have you ever heard about passive causative?

3. Take a look on these pictures

4. So, what is passive causative? The causative is a common structure in English. It is used when one thing or person causes another thing or person to do something. Example:

5. Examples of passive causative

6. Keep in mind… There are two basic causative structures. One is like an active and the other is like a passive. These examples use the causative verb “have”.

7. Keep in mind… The active causative structure:

8. Keep in mind… The passive causative structure:

9. How to form the passive causative?

10. References Web site: BBC World Service and 410grammar respectively. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_gramchallenge20/ http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/caus.htm