UNIT 3

 GETTING THINGS DONE

GRAMMAR 1 

          THE CAUSATIVE          

Express the idea that one person persuade

The most important causative structure is to get - have, which is also a way of expressing the passive voice

Structure

Sujeto + Causative verb + Ob + Verb

For example: 

• I will get Ashley to buy me a hot dog
• I will get Adriana to sing in the class

When we use "have" we do not use the infinitive "to"

• The door is closed but I will have the janitor open it for you
• My brother had me wash his car

GRAMMAR 2

           THE PASSIVE CAUSATIVE          

The passive causative is a grammatical structure in English that we use to express that someone has done something for or for us. For example, if we have gone to the hairdresser, we do not say “I cut my hair”, because we have not cut it ourselves, but rather a professional has done it; so we use a passive causative. 

For example: I cut my hair.

Structure

Sujeto + verbo have/ get + objeto + past participle

EXAMPLE: 

     

•  She gets her nails done every two weeks
• I need to have Ashley learned the administration  presentation
• I had my mother bought my dad's birthday clothes

To use the passive causative in a negative way, we just have to put the verb have/get in the negative.

• I didn't fix the car until I saved some money.