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WorksheetsCausative Verbs (have someone do something)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The barber cut my hair yesterday.
I have the barber cut my hair.
The barber cut my hair.
I had cut the barber my hair.
I had the barber cut my hair.
We paid a mechanic to fix our car. (have)
We had paid the mechanic to fix our car.
We had our car fixed.
We had the mechanic fixed our car.
We had a mechanic fix our car.
I convinced my friend to do my homework.
I had my friend to do my my homework.
I got my friend to do my homework.
I got my friend do my homework.
I had my friend do my homework.
The teacher convinced the students to participate.
The teacher got the students participate.
The teacher got the students to participate.
The students got the teacher to participate
The teacher got participate the students.
We called a plumber to fix the sink.
We fixed the sink.
The plumber fixed the sink.
We had the plumber to fix the sink.
We had the plumber fix the sink.
Joseph will pay a lawyer to translate the documents.
The lawyer had the documents translated by Joseph.
Joseph will had the lawyer translated the documents.
Joseph will have the lawyer translate the documents.
The lawyer will have Joseph translate the documents.
Lisa persuaded me to sing in front of everybody.
I got Lisa to sing in front of everybody.
Lisa got me to sing in front of everybody.
Lisa got me sing in front of everybody.
Lisa got sing in front of everybody.
The company paid a chef to cook for the event.
The company had the chef to cook for the event.
The chef had the company cook for the event.
The company had the event cook for the chef.
The company had the chef cook for the event.
Select the correct structure to use causative verbs
Subject+ verb in base form+ CAUSATIVE VERB+ person+ complement.
Person+ CAUSATIVE VERB+ verb in base form+ subject+ complement.
Subject+ CAUSATIVE VERB+ person+ verb in base form + complement.
CAUSATIVE VERB+ subject+ verb in base form+ person+ complement.
The dentist checked my teeth.
The dentist had me check my teeth.
I had my teeth check.
I had my teeth check the dentist.
I had the dentist check my teeth.
Before the class started, I _______________ (eat) breakfast.
had ate
had eat
had eaten
eaten
By the time the class started I _________ (do) my homework
did
had done
had did
done
When I entered UT, I ______________ (graduate) from high school.
had graduated
graduated
had graduate
has graduate
After I _______________ (graduate), I started working as an engineer.
had graduate
graduate
graduated
had graduated
I _______________ (dance) a lot when the party ______________ (end)
danced / had ended
had danced / ended
had dance/ had end
danced/ ended
I _____________ (brush) my teeth before I __________ (go) to school.
had brushed / gone
had brush / gone
brushed / had gone
had brushed / went
By the time I ________________ (buy) my new car, I ____________ (save) a lot of money.
had buy / saved
had bought / saved
bought / had saved
buyed / had saved
Before I _______________ (move) to San Luis, I __________________ (live) in Navojoa
moved / lived
had moved / lived
moved / had lived
moved / had live
The past perfect is used to show that an action took place before another action in the past. It is called the past of the past.
True
False
The structure of the causative [have + person + verb] usually means "to convince or persuade to do something".
True
False
