Causative Have Get

Respuesta correcta: A) Another person repaired my car for me.

• A) Another person repaired my car for me.This is right: had plus object plus past participle means that someone else did the repair on my behalf.
• B) I repaired my car with my own hands.This would be the active sentence I repaired my car, where I am the one doing the work, not the causative.
• C) My car has never needed any repair.The sentence describes a completed repair, so it says nothing about the car never needing one.
• D) I was repairing my car at that moment.The progressive was repairing describes my own action in progress, not work arranged for me.

Respuesta correcta: B) She got her brother to carry the boxes.

• A) She got her brother carry the boxes.The bare infinitive carry is used after have plus a person, not after get plus a person.
• B) She got her brother to carry the boxes.This is right: after get plus a person the verb needs the to infinitive, so to carry is the correct form.
• C) She got her brother carried the boxes.The past participle carried belongs to get plus object plus participle, where the object is a thing rather than a person who acts.
• D) She got her brother carrying the boxes.The ing form carrying cannot follow get plus a person in this causative pattern.

Respuesta correcta: C) Have sounds more formal than get in the causative.

• A) Get can only take a past participle.Get also takes a person with a to infinitive, as in get someone to help, so the claim is too narrow.
• B) Have can never take a past participle.Have takes a past participle in have something done, so this claim is false.
• C) Have sounds more formal than get in the causative.This is right: have is the neutral or formal choice, while get is common in informal speech.
• D) Get is always more formal than have.Get is the informal option, not the more formal one, so the sentence reverses the register.

Respuesta correcta: D) We had the windows cleaned last week.

• A) We had the windows clean last week.The bare adjective clean cannot serve as the past participle in this causative pattern.
• B) We had cleaned the windows last week.Had cleaned is the past perfect active, which says we cleaned them ourselves, not the causative.
• C) We had the windows cleaning last week.The ing form cleaning is not the participle this pattern requires.
• D) We had the windows cleaned last week.This is right: the pattern is have plus object plus past participle, so cleaned is the correct form.

Respuesta correcta: A) cut

• A) cutThis is right: cut is the past participle of this irregular verb, and it fits have plus object plus participle.
• B) cuttedCutted is not a real form; the verb cut keeps the same form in the past and the participle.
• C) cuttingCutting is the ing form and cannot fill the participle slot in have something done.
• D) to cutThe to infinitive to cut does not follow the object in this causative pattern.

Respuesta correcta: B) to help

• A) helpThe bare infinitive help follows have plus person, not get plus person.
• B) to helpThis is right: get plus a person takes the to infinitive, so to help is the correct form.
• C) helpedThe past participle helped would belong to get plus a thing plus participle, not to a person who acts.
• D) helpingThe ing form helping is not allowed after get plus person in this pattern.

Respuesta correcta: C) We had our roof repaired after the storm.

• A) We repaired our roof after the storm.The active repaired says that we did the work ourselves, which is the opposite meaning.
• B) We were repairing our roof after the storm.The progressive were repairing also shows us doing the work, not a professional.
• C) We had our roof repaired after the storm.This is right: the causative had plus object plus participle shows that someone else did the repair.
• D) Our roof repairs after the storm.This word order is not a grammatical English sentence at all.

Respuesta correcta: D) serviced

• A) serviceThe bare verb service cannot follow the object in have something done.
• B) servicingThe ing form servicing is not the participle this pattern needs.
• C) to serviceThe to infinitive to service does not fit after the object here.
• D) servicedThis is right: the negative causative keeps the past participle serviced after the object.

Respuesta correcta: A) fixed

• A) fixedThis is right: get plus object plus past participle uses fixed for a machine that someone will repair.
• B) fixThe bare verb fix is used with get plus a person, not with a thing such as it.
• C) fixingThe ing form fixing does not fill the participle slot in get something done.
• D) to fixThe to infinitive to fix follows get plus a person, not get plus a thing.

Respuesta correcta: B) She had her car repaired yesterday.

• A) She had yesterday her car repaired.The adverb yesterday cannot sit between had and its object, so the order is wrong.
• B) She had her car repaired yesterday.This is right: the time expression comes after the whole causative phrase at the end of the sentence.
• C) She had her car yesterday repaired.The adverb cannot split the object her car from the participle repaired.
• D) Yesterday she had repaired her car.Had repaired is the past perfect active, so this is not the causative at all.

Respuesta correcta: C) I had the electrician check the wiring.

• A) I had the wiring checked by the electrician.This is the other causative pattern, have plus object plus past participle, not have plus person.
• B) I had the electrician to check the wiring.After have plus a person the verb must be bare, so to check is wrong.
• C) I had the electrician check the wiring.This is right: have plus a person takes the bare infinitive check, with no to.
• D) I had checked the wiring by the electrician.Had checked is the past perfect active and does not fit the causative meaning.

Respuesta correcta: D) I got the mechanic to look at the engine.

• A) I got the engine to look at the mechanic.This reverses the roles, because an engine cannot look at a mechanic.
• B) I got the engine looked at the mechanic.The order is jumbled and the participle looked does not fit the person as agent.
• C) I got looking at the engine the mechanic.This word order is not grammatical and the ing form is out of place.
• D) I got the mechanic to look at the engine.This is right: get plus a person takes the to infinitive, and the person is the one who looks.

Respuesta correcta: A) Did you have your eyes tested last year?

• A) Did you have your eyes tested last year?This is right: after did the verb is the base have, followed by object and past participle.
• B) Did you had your eyes tested last year?The auxiliary did already marks the past, so the main verb cannot also be had.
• C) Did you have tested your eyes last year?Have tested your eyes is the present perfect active, not the causative pattern.
• D) Do you had your eyes tested last year?Do does not combine with had, and the tense does not match the past question.

Respuesta correcta: B) The company had the report translated into Spanish.

• A) The company got the report translated into Spanish.This is grammatical but get is informal and better suited to speech than to a report.
• B) The company had the report translated into Spanish.This is right: have plus object plus past participle is the neutral and formal causative.
• C) The company got translate the report into Spanish.Get cannot take the bare verb translate directly after the object.
• D) The company had translate the report into Spanish.Have cannot take the bare verb translate directly after the object either.

Respuesta correcta: C) I will get the plumber to fix it. = I will have the plumber fix it.

• A) I will get the plumber to fix it. = I will fix it myself.In the first sentence the plumber does the work, not the speaker, so the meanings differ.
• B) I will have the plumber fix it. = The plumber will have me fix it.The second sentence reverses who gives the order, so the two meanings are opposite.
• C) I will get the plumber to fix it. = I will have the plumber fix it.This is right: get plus person plus to infinitive and have plus person plus bare infinitive describe the same arrangement.
• D) I will get the plumber to fix it. = The plumber will get me to fix it.Here the plumber becomes the one who arranges, so the meaning changes completely.

Respuesta correcta: D) He got his jacket cleaned before the interview.

• A) He got cleaned his jacket before the interview.The participle cleaned cannot come before the object in this pattern.
• B) He got his jacket clean it before the interview.The pronoun it has no place here and makes the sentence ungrammatical.
• C) He got his jacket to clean before the interview.The to infinitive to clean follows get plus a person, not get plus a thing.
• D) He got his jacket cleaned before the interview.This is right: get plus object plus past participle orders the words as got his jacket cleaned.

Respuesta correcta: A) I will have my car serviced tomorrow.

• A) I will have my car serviced tomorrow.This is right: the causative have plus object plus participle keeps the mechanic as the one who works.
• B) I will service my car tomorrow.The active service says that I do the work myself, which changes the meaning.
• C) My car will service me tomorrow.This reverses the roles and makes the car the one that acts.
• D) I will be serviced my car tomorrow.The passive be serviced cannot be combined with my car as object this way.

Respuesta correcta: B) She had her assistant book the tickets.

• A) She had her assistant booked the tickets.The past participle booked cannot follow a person in the have causative.
• B) She had her assistant book the tickets.This is right: have plus a person takes the bare infinitive book, with no to and no past form.
• C) She had her assistant to book the tickets.The to infinitive to book is wrong after have plus a person.
• D) She had booked her assistant the tickets.This order and meaning are jumbled and do not form the causative.

Respuesta correcta: C) We had the documents translated by a specialist.

• A) We had translated the documents by a specialist.Had translated is the past perfect active and does not carry the causative meaning.
• B) We had the specialist translated the documents.The pattern needs the specialist to be followed by a bare infinitive, not by the documents.
• C) We had the documents translated by a specialist.This is right: have plus object plus past participle keeps the specialist as the doer.
• D) We were had the documents translated.The auxiliary were cannot precede had in this way, so the sentence is ungrammatical.

Respuesta correcta: D) I have had my passport renewed.

• A) I have my passport renewed.The present simple have my passport renewed usually describes a habit, not a finished result.
• B) I had my passport renew.The bare verb renew cannot follow the object in the causative.
• C) I have renewed my passport.Have renewed is the present perfect active, which says I renewed it myself.
• D) I have had my passport renewed.This is right: have had plus object plus participle is the present perfect causative, so the work is done.