Causatives: get / have

The active causative:

Get & Have

We use the causatives get and have to express that someone else is going to do something for us. Like a favor, or an order.

Multiple Choice

I’ll get the waiter to correct the check.

Who's going to correct the check?

• The waiter

• Me

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They got him to pay for dinner.

Who is paying?

• He is

• They are

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I’ll have my assistant call your office.

Who told the assistant to call?

• the office

• I did

• the assistant

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Did she get her friends to give money to the school?

Who is going to give money?

• She is

• her friends are

• the school is

Multiple Choice

We had them bring breakfast to our room.

Who brought breakfast to the room?

• We did

• they did

Look at the sentences again.

I’ll get the waiter to correct the check.

They got him to pay for dinner.

I’ll have my assistant call your office.

Did she get her friends to give money to the school?

We had them bring breakfast to our room.

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use an object and a base form of a verb.