WorksheetsThe Causative
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
We use the Causative...
... when we imagine a situation about the present.
... when we describe the action at the moment of speech.
... when somebody else does something for us.
... when we want to emphisise something.
Apart from the verb HAVE that we use to build a phrase with the Causative we also use the verb .....
get
be
do
take
My mum's going to have her hair dyed. Who is going to do the task of dying the hair?
the speaker's mother
the speaker
the hair
a hair-dresser
Dad has asked someone to do a sculpture for our garden.
What sentence is correct?
Dad has done a sculpture for our garden
Dad is having a sculpture done for our garden.
Dad is doing a sculpture for someone.
Dad's sculpture is in the garden.
Jen got a friend to design her poster.
Now paraphrase:
Jen............................................................. a friend.
....got her poster with....
... got a design to her poster with...
...got her poster designed by .....
... got to design her poster by...
A famous graffiti artist is going to come and paint a school wall for us.
Now paraphrase:
We ...................................... by a famous graffiti artist.
.... are painting a school wall ....
.... have painted a school wall...
.... are going to have a school wall painted.....
.... have a school wall painted ...
Our school is having built a new art centre next summer.
Correct
Wrong
Why dont't you have framed that painting? It's very nice.
Correct
Wrong
We're having the kitchen painted today so we'll have to eat out.
Correct
Wrong
We 'll have our house .............. by a famous architect.
design
designs
designing
designed
