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THE CAUSATIVE: HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

Have /get + objeto + participio pasado = I have /get my watch mended

A. Se usa un verbo causativo para expresar las acciones que encargamos a alguien.

She always has her food delivered (en lugar de traerla ella, pide a alguien que se la traiga)I got my photograph taken for my passport (otra persona me hizo la foto)

Esta estructura tiene un significado pasivo, puesto que el sustantivo que va en medio recibe laaccin expresada por el verbo en participio.Nota:a) gettambin indica que el objeto realiza personalmente la accin o se implica mucho en suejecucin.When I get my homework done, Ill match TVb) have es un poco ms formal queget yget es ms frecuente quehave en la forma imperativa.Example: Get your bedroom tidied at once!.

Ntese la diferencia entre:a) Im going to have/get this chair restoredb) Im going to restore this chair

En la frase a) yo voy a llevar la silla a alguien para que efecte la restauracin, mientras que en lab) soy yo mismo quien la efecta.

B.Si quisiramos mencionar quin hace la accin, podramos aadir by + el agente al finalde la frase.

Susan had her car repaired by a mechanic (Susan llev el coche a un mecnico para que se loarreglara)

C. El verbo causativo puede usarse prcticamente en cualquier tiempo, incluso en lasformas continuas.Were having our house painted this weekJack will be getting his messages sent by e-mail from now on

TENSE HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

Present Simple I have/getmy hair cut.

Past Simple I had/gotmy hair cut.

Present Continuous I'm having/gettingmy hair cut.

Past Continuous I was having/gettingmy hair cut.

Present Perfect I have hadmy hair cut.Past Perfect I had hadmy hair cut.

will I will havemy hair cut.

must I must havemy hair cut.

be going to I'm going to havemy hair cut.

D. La interrogativa y la negativa se forman como las de cualquier otro verboDo you have your car serviced regularly?Did he get his house redecorated last week?You wont have your eyes tested next weekIm not getting my hair cut today.

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E. En situaciones en las que se quiere indicar que algo desagradable ha ocurrido en elpasado se suele usar have + objeto + participioHe had his car broken last week

I had my finger bitten during the fightShe had his mobile phone stolen while she was playing in the playground

EXERCISE.

Rewrite the sentences using have(causative); dont include the words in capitalletters. Youve got an example.1. SOME PAINTERS have painted our living room.We have had our living room painted.2. A HAIRDRESSER cut Jane's hair yesterday.Jane______________________________________3. A CARPENTER is going to replace our windows tomorrow.We ______________________________4. AN OPTICIAN is checking my eyes this afternoon.I_________________________________________________5. A MECHANIC inspected Larry's car last summer.Larry_______________________________________________.6. SOME PLUMBERS have installed a new central heating system in our house.We_______________________________________________________________.7. THE DRY CLEANER'S is cleaning my winter coat.

I___________________________________________________8. AN EXPERT has valued Christine's jewelry.Christine ____________________________________________.9. THE DENTIST is going to take out one of his wisdom teeth.He ____________________________________________________.10. THE SURGEON altered her nose last year.She ___________________________________________________.