12.3 Form and use of the causative
Write 2: Today is Wednesday. Look at the notes Maria wrote yesterday and early today. Then write:
a what she had done yesterday; b what she is having done today;
с what she is going to have done tomorrow.
TvJtesd'Äy VJedrestWj (fcocAcuy) TlruxrsAojj
besb. sWû-t сLeaned eyes tAshed o- -teotiri extracted,
two -b-ess planted. a. ÇiJbn dtüeLoped -two teet-W -fiUfijL
COJT serviced Soona_ -fumltU«-«-cieliijei«i taxjjLr done.
1a
b2a
b
с
За
b
с12.3С 'Get' in the causative: 'get something done' [> LEG 12.11,12.13]
Study:Write: Use get in place of have in these sentences.1 I must have this report photocopied and sent off straightaway.
2 They're finally having their central heating repaired.
3 We'll be having the job done by a local builder.
4 Why don't you have that suit cleaned? It's filthy!
5 Have your hair cut!We sometimes use get in place of have in the causative to say something is urgent:
Have that car repaired! (causative) Get that car repaired! (more urgent causative)12.3D Context
Write: Put in causative forms for the verbs in brackets.ZÙ-. customers promptly executed!
CONSTANT MAINTENANCE!
The more you own, the more there is to go wrong. You invest in a new
hi-fi system and in no time you have to (it repaii)^1 .Г^.Й^^Ф..
You (a new washing machine install)^2 and you have
to buy expensive insurance to maintain it. You buy a car and need to (it
service)^3 regularly. You buy a camera and then
spend a fortune ( films develop and print)^4 It's not
only things that need constant attention. How often we have to (our eyes
test)^5 (our teeth fill)e and (our
chests X-ray)^7! But I had to smile last time I went to
(my hair cut)^8 A bold notice in the window
announced: 'All our customers promptly executed!' You certainly
wouldn't need to (any jobs do)^9 after that!