Causative Have Get

Respuesta correcta: A) She had her hair cut at the salon.

• A) She had her hair cut at the salon.'Have something done' expresses that someone else performs the action.
• B) She had cut her hair at the salon.'Had cut' would mean she performed the action herself in the past.
• C) She has cut her hair at the salon.That says she cut it herself, without causative meaning.
• D) She is hair cut at the salon.'Is' plus participle does not express the causative structure.

Respuesta correcta: A) has built

• A) has built'Is building' with 'has built' means the contractor performs the building.
• B) is buildingThat would mean the city council itself is doing the work.
• C) buildsA bare verb gives no causative meaning.
• D) builtThe past simple refers to a completed past action, not to the ongoing one.

Respuesta correcta: D) The speaker had someone else repair the car

• A) The speaker repaired the car personallyThat would be 'I repaired my car'.
• B) The car was stolenNothing in the sentence refers to theft.
• C) The speaker bought a new car'Repaired' means fixed, not replaced.
• D) The speaker had someone else repair the car'Got it repaired' means the repair was done by another person.

Respuesta correcta: A) I have my windows cleaned every month.

• A) I have my windows cleaned every month.The cleaning is performed by another person on a regular basis.
• B) I have clean my windows every month.The second verb must be the participle 'cleaned', not the base form.
• C) I am clean my windows every month.'Am' cannot be followed by a bare verb in this structure.
• D) I cleaning my windows every month.A gerund alone cannot function as the causative verb group.

Respuesta correcta: B) The speaker cut the speaker's own hair

• A) A hairdresser cut the speaker's hairThat requires the causative 'had it cut'.
• B) The speaker cut the speaker's own hair'Had cut' without a following participle is the simple past perfect of 'cut'.
• C) The speaker will cut the hair tomorrowNothing in the sentence refers to the future.
• D) The hair was cut by the speaker last weekThe sentence does not specify last week; it only uses the past perfect.

Respuesta correcta: D) get

• A) did getRepeating 'did' makes the sentence ungrammatical.
• B) gettingA gerund cannot open a past question with 'did'.
• C) be'Be' plus participle forms the passive voice, not the causative question.
• D) get'Did you get it repaired?' is a standard causative question.

Respuesta correcta: B) I will have the kitchen painted next month.

• A) I will paint the kitchen next month.That says the speaker will do the painting personally.
• B) I will have the kitchen painted next month.'Will have' plus participle expresses a future causative arrangement.
• C) I have the kitchen painted next month.The simple present would place the arrangement in a habitual sense, not clearly in the future.
• D) I am painting the kitchen next month.The present continuous plus 'next month' is awkward; the causative frame is required.

Respuesta correcta: D) 'Have' is standard; 'get' is a common informal alternative

• A) 'Get' expresses the speaker doing the actionBoth forms place the action in someone else's hands.
• B) 'Have' is only used in questionsThe causative with 'have' appears mainly in statements.
• C) They are completely unrelated in meaningThey are variants of the same causative structure.
• D) 'Have' is standard; 'get' is a common informal alternativeBoth express that another person performs the action.

Respuesta correcta: C) They had the roof repaired before the rains.

• A) They had repair the roof before the rains.The second verb must be a participle, not the base form 'repair'.
• B) They had the roof repair before the rains.The bare 'repair' lacks the passive form 'repaired'.
• C) They had the roof repaired before the rains.'Roof repaired' is the passive participle of the action done to the roof.
• D) They got the roof to repair before the rains.'Get' plus infinitive does not express the causative here.

Respuesta correcta: D) Other people repaired the roof and repainted the walls

• A) The family repaired and repainted everything themselvesThat would require the simple past 'repaired' without 'had'.
• B) The family built a new houseThe text mentions repairs, not a new construction.
• C) The family moved to another houseNo change of residence is mentioned in the text.
• D) Other people repaired the roof and repainted the wallsThe causative 'had done' assigns the work to hired professionals.

Respuesta correcta: A) They had a good time at the party.

• A) They had a good time at the party.'Have a good time' is an idiom meaning 'enjoy yourself', not a causative.
• B) They had the car washed.'Had the car washed' is a causative with a passive participle.
• C) He had his photograph taken.'Had his photograph taken' is a causative structure.
• D) We had the walls painted.'Had the walls painted' is a causative structure.

Respuesta correcta: C) has

• A) have'Have' does not agree with the singular subject 'the office'.
• B) is'Is' plus 'cleaning' would mean the office cleans the carpets itself.
• C) has'Has' agrees with the singular subject and fits the habitual causative.
• D) are'Are' does not agree with the singular subject 'the office'.

Respuesta correcta: A) She got her computer fixed at the shop.

• A) She got her computer fixed at the shop.'Got it fixed' is a standard past causative with 'get'.
• B) She got fix her computer at the shop.After 'got' the verb must be the participle 'fixed'.
• C) She gets fix her computer at the shop.The base form after the participle position is wrong here.
• D) She is get her computer fixed at the shop.'Is' cannot be combined with 'get' in the causative.

Respuesta correcta: C) Yes, I had it serviced on Monday.

• A) Yes, I serviced it on Monday.That says the speaker did the work, which loses the causative meaning.
• B) Yes, I am servicing it on Monday.The present continuous does not answer a past question.
• C) Yes, I had it serviced on Monday.'Had it serviced' keeps the causative frame and the past time.
• D) Yes, it was serviced by me.The passive here suggests the speaker did it, contradicting the causative question.

Respuesta correcta: B) It describes making someone else perform an action

• A) It describes an action performed by the subject itselfThat is the plain active voice, not the causative.
• B) It describes making someone else perform an actionThat is precisely the meaning of the causative structure.
• C) It describes an action that did not happenA hypothetical is expressed with conditionals, not with the causative.
• D) It is used only with animate subjectsInanimate subjects such as 'the office' appear frequently in causative sentences.

Respuesta correcta: B) made

• A) maked'Maked' is not an English participle.
• B) made'Made' is the correct past participle of 'make' for this passive construction.
• C) make'Make' is the base form and does not work after the causative auxiliary.
• D) making'Making' is the gerund and does not fit this position.

Respuesta correcta: D) We had the generator installed last semester.

• A) We have the generator installed last semester.The present perfect is incompatible with the closed time 'last semester'.
• B) We had install the generator last semester.After 'had' the verb must be the participle 'installed'.
• C) We are having install the generator last semester.The present continuous cannot be combined with a closed past time.
• D) We had the generator installed last semester.'Had installed' with a closed past time is a correct causative.

Respuesta correcta: B) The action performed to the rooms by someone else

• A) The action performed by the guestsThe guests are not the ones who renovate; the causative assigns it to others.
• B) The action performed to the rooms by someone elseThe passive participle marks the action done to the object.
• C) A future intention of the hotelThe time 'in 2018' is past, not future.
• D) A refusal to renovateThe sentence states the renovation took place.

Respuesta correcta: C) checked

• A) to check'To check' would be an infinitive, not the required participle.
• B) checkThe bare base form does not fit the causative structure.
• C) checked'Getting it checked' presents the check as an action in progress.
• D) for checkingThe preposition is not part of this structure.

Respuesta correcta: C) The result obtained, rather than the person who performs the action

• A) The identity of the workerThe worker is usually anonymous in the causative structure.
• B) The place where the action takes placeLocation is expressed by prepositional phrases, not by the causative.
• C) The result obtained, rather than the person who performs the actionThe causative foregrounds the result of having something done.
• D) The exact price of the serviceCost would appear in a separate sentence about payment.