Exercise 463. Complete the gaps, using the words in brackets and the structure “have something done”.

1. I need to _______ for my new passport. (my photo / take)

2. When did you last _______? (the chimney / sweep)

3. We're _______ in our garden. (a swimming pool / build)

4. We _______ last week. (a satellite dish / install)

5. She needs to _______, she's so forgetful. (her head / examine)

6. They _______ while they were on holiday. (their house / burgle)

7. My daughter wants _______. (her ears / pierced)

8. We'd better _______ while we're here. ( tyres / check)

9. They're _______ tomorrow. (a new dishwasher / deliver)

10. He _______ away by the police. (driving licence / take)

Exercise 464. Insert the necessary word: have / make / get / let.

1) Sam really wanted a dog, but his parents wouldn't ________ him have a pet.

2) I can't believe she _______ you look at her vacation pictures again last night. We have to look at those stupid pictures every time we go to her house.

3) I don't know how you convince your children to clean up their rooms. I couldn't ______ my children to clean up their rooms if my life depended on it.

4) Professor Yu______ each of her students write an essay describing their future goals in life.

5) Professor Yu_______ her students use a dictionary while they were taking the test.

6) Debbie's husband hates the opera. But after days of nagging, she finally _______ him go to see the new production of La Boheme.

7) Sally ______ me take off my shoes before I went into her house. She said she wanted to keep the carpet clean.

8) Rebecca Smith requested a copy of that expense report, so I ______ the courier take one over to her last week.

9) Diane thinks television is a waste of time, so she won't _______ her children watch TV.

10) Susie _______ her son take out the trash before he went to the park to play soccer.

11) Marcus ________ me drive his new BMW. I couldn't believe how quickly it picked up speed.

12) How did you _______ the doctor to make a house call? I haven't heard of a doctor actually going to a patient's house in years.

13) My boss ______ me get him coffee, pick up his dry cleaning and buy presents for his wife. He can't do anything by himself!

14) Tommy didn't want to go to his cousin's birthday party, but his mom ________ him go.

15) I can't believe the zoo keeper _______ you feed the snake. That was so cool!

16) The contract was very detailed, and it was essential that the wording be absolutely correct. Therefore, I _______ the translator recheck his work several times to make sure there would be no misunderstandings.

17) Cheryl didn't want to wash her car, so with a little smooth talk she _______ her boyfriend to wash it for her.

18) If you ask me nicely, I'll _______ you lick the bowl after I make the cookies.

19) Jack found a fly floating in his coffee, so he ______ the waiter bring him a new cup.

20) The news coverage of the recent tornado was incredibly moving. The interview with the little boy who lost his family in the tragedy_______ everyone cry.

Exercise 465. Choose the right answer.

REMEMBER: There are two basic causative structures - an active one (ex: "I had Mike fix my computer", "I let him go there"), and a passive one (ex: "I had my computer fixed"). It is often used with the following verbs: TO HAVE, TO LET, TO MAKE, TO GET, and a few others.

1. She ________ that he wouldn't tell anyone.   made him promise   made him promised  promised to make 2. Does your tooth still hurt? Yes, I have to get a dentist ________ soon.   look at it   to look at it   to get it looked at 3. I ________ a couple of days ago.   had my bike to be fixed   had my bike fix   had my bike fixed 4. I will not ________ with this!   allow you get away   let you get away   to let you get away 5. Don't ________ these things about you!   let him say   let him to say   let him said 6. The movie ________ sad.   made to feel   made him feel   made him to feel 7. I ________ from my other address.   get my mail forward   get my mail to forward   get my mail forwarded 8. Have your assistant ________ these letters immediately!   to send   send   to be sent 9. He ________ yesterday.   had his hair cut   had his hair to be cut   had hair to be cut 10. The professor ________ early.   to let the students leave   let the student leave   let the student to leave

Exercise 466. Choose the right answer.

REMEMBER: There are two basic causative structures - an active one (ex: "I had Mike fix my computer", "I let him go there"), and a passive one (ex: "I had my computer fixed"). The causative is often used with the following verbs: TO HAVE, TO LET, TO MAKE, TO GET.

1. The sunshine made me ________ of our trip to Mexico.

a) think b) to think c) thinking

2. I had my hair ________ last night.

a) trim b) trimmed c) trimming

3. I'm going to ________ after the concert.

a) have me picked up b) have him to pick me up c) have him pick me up

4. He is going to ________ next week.

a) have fixed his car b) have his car fixed c) have his car fix

5. Susan had ________.

a) the windows cleaned b) the windows clean c) the windows be cleaned

6. I'll let you ________ my car.

a) to drive b) drive c) driving

7. Hey, do you want me to help you ________?

a) to pack b) packing c) pack

8. Why don't you ________ with my friends?

a) let me to go out b) let me go out c) let me go to

9. I had my wallet ________ yesterday.

a) stolen b) stole c) to steal

10. I had Juan ________ yesterday.

a) to fix my door b) fix my door c) fixed my door

Exercise 467. Choose the right answer.

REMEMBER: There are two basic causative structures - an active one (ex: "I had Mike fix my computer", "I let him go there"), and a passive one (ex: "I had my computer fixed"). The causative is often used with the following verbs: TO HAVE, TO LET, TO MAKE, TO GET.

1. I'm going to have Mike ________ my computer to see what is wrong.

a) look at b) to look at c) looked at

2. One of my wisdom teeth really hurt, so I went to the dentist to have it ________.

a) remove b) removed c) to be removed

3. Are you going to ________ like this?

a) let him to suffer b) allow him suffer c) let him suffer

4. Jimmy is dead. The mafia boss ________.

a) had killed b) had him killed c) had him to be killed

5. Julie will not let her daughter ________ the boy from across the street.

a) marry b) to marry c) married

6. I had the wall ________ when I was renovating my apartment.

a) to be knocked down b) knocked down c) knock down

7. I ________ her and apologize.

a) made him to call b) made him called c) made him call

8. I have ________ many times.

a) my heart broken b) had my heart broken c) had my heart broke

9. The authorities ________ as soon as they found out she was there illegally.

a) had her deported b) have her deport c) had her to be deported

10. I had some tests ________, but they didn’t find anything.

a) done b) to be done c) have done

Exercise 468. Choose the right answer:

REMEMBER: There are two basic causative structures - an active one (ex: "I had Mike fix my computer", "I let him go there"), and a passive one (ex: "I had my computer fixed"). The causative is often used with the following verbs: TO HAVE, TO LET, TO MAKE, TO GET.

1. She ________ that he wouldn't tell anyone.

a) made him promised b) made him promise c) promised to make

2. Does your tooth still hurt? Yes, I have to get a dentist ________ soon.

a) look at it b) to get it looked at c) to look at it

3. I ________ a couple of days ago.

a) had my bike to be fixed b) had my bike fix c) had my bike fixed

4. I will not ________ with this!

a) allow you get away b) let you get away c) to let you get away

5. Don't ________ these things about you!

a) let him say b) let him to say c) let him said

6. The movie ________ sad.

a) made to feel b) made him feel c) made him to feel

7. I get my ________ from my other address.

a) mail forward b) mail to forward c) mail forwarded

8. Have your assistant ________ these letters immediately!

a) to send b) to be sent c) send

9. He ________ yesterday.

a) had his hair cut b) had his hair to be cut c) had hair to be cut

10. The professor ________ early.

a) to let the students leave b) let the student leave c) let the student to leave

Exercise 469. Fill in the blanks to complete each ACTIVE CAUSATIVE FORM sentence.

Example: Jim sent the letter. → I had Jim send the letter.

1. Tina washed the dishes. --> I had Tina ________ the dishes.

2. Robert told us what happened. --> I had Robert ________ us what happened.

3. Paula sat next to George. --> I had Paula ________ next to George.

4. My mother prepared the appetizers. --> I had my mom ________ the appetizers.

5. My brother brought the chairs from the living room. --> I had my brother ________ the chairs from the living room.

6. Steve bought some more soft drinks. --> I had Steve ________ some more soft drinks.

7. Kathy closed the window. --> I had Kathy ________ the window.

8. My sister gave everyone a piece of cake. --> I had my sister ________ everyone a piece of cake.

9. Peter asked Steve about his new house. --> I had Peter ________ Steve about his new house.

10. Frank drove everyone home. --> I had Frank ____________________ everyone home.

Exercise 470. Write the correct response, changing the SIMPLE PAST sentences into PASSIVE CAUSATIVE FORM sentences.

Example: Jim sent the letter. --> Jim had the letter sent by Jim.

1. My mother changed the curtains. --> My mom had the curtains ________.

2. Thomas washed the car. --> Thomas had the car ________.

3. Maria redesigned the web site. --> Maria had the web site ________.

4. Kelly took Mr. Brown to the park. --> Kelly had Mr. Brown ________ to the park.

5. John brought the cat to the vet. --> John had the cat ________ to the vet.

6. Jane put the vase on the table. --> Jane had the vase ________ on the table.

7. We drove Mr. Jones to the airport. --> We had Mr. Jones________ to the airport.

8. We fed the dog. --> We had the dog ________.

9. We gave the money to the homeless shelter. --> We had the money ________ to the homeless

shelter.

10. Thomas cut his hair. --> Thomas had his hair________.