Active and Passive Present Causative

Active and Passive Present Causative

What's this used for?

This is made up by three different elements that we may already know: passive/active voice, simple present and causative verbs (have, get)

Active voice

• The subject is the doer of the actions

• Used for regular talking/speaking

• Informal situations (commonly)

• Example: I spend my time wisely

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence in active voice (simple present)

• I sold my old books.

• I catch the ball every time.

• Basketball is played every day.

Passive voice

• The subject is the receiver of the action

• Commonly used in textbooks, formal writing

• To describe processes, rules, oficial instructions, etc

• Example: The doors are opened at 7 am (by the teachers.).

Multiple Choice

Choose the passive sentence (simple present)

• We bake pies on Sundays.

• The modem is turned on in the morning

• The movie is being watched.

Active present causative (have, get)

• The causative verbs (have, get) are used to talk about actions performed by other people for someone.

• Example: I asked Peter to clean my house

Passive present causative

• The doer can be omitted in these sentences

• The actions have the attention

• Example 1: I have/get my house cleaned on Mondays

• Example 2: I got Peter to clean my house on Mondays

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct active present causative sentence:

• I ask someone to wash my car when it rains.

• I usually work on Mondays

• Martha is always studying.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct passive present causative:

• Lucy gets her nails done every month.

• Lucy does her nails every month.

• Lucy asks someone to do her nails.

Multiple Choice

When you want to write a sentence in passive causative you:

• can use a participle verb after the causatives have/get.

• put a base form all the time.

• Never use the doer of the actions.

Multiple Choice

Complete the following sentence with the passive causative:

Joanne gets her bike _____ when it is falling apart.

• fixed

• fix

• fixes

Multiple Choice

Who gets their car _____ when it rains?

• washed

• to wash

• wash