3. The bad weather caused
him to have an accident.
=
The bad weather make him
have an accident.
4. When I was a teenager, my
parents didnât allow me to
smoke.
=
When I was a teenager, my
parents didnât let me smoke.
5. I asked him to get me some
coffee =
I had him get me some
coffee.
6. âhelpâ can take either the
base form or the infinitiveâ
both are correct:
My friend helped me move
last weekend.
My friend helped me to
move last weekend.
7. (active) I had the dentist pull
my tooth.
ï
I had the tooth pulled.
8. I took the computer to the
repair shop, and paid them
to fix it ï
I had my computer repaired.
9. I paid somebody to prepare
my taxes for me ï
I had my taxes prepared.
10. I went to the hairdresser and
paid them to cut my hair ï
I had my hair cut.
11. When you use âhaveâ
causative, you can also use
âgetâ:
I got the tooth pulled.
I got my computer prepared.
I got my taxes prepared.
I got my hair got.
12. I got the tooth pulled.
I got my computer prepared.
I got my taxes prepared.
I got my hair got.
In these sentences, âgotâ is
more informal than âhave.â
13. BE CAREFUL!
The causative passive with
âhadâ looks a lot like the past
perfect, which has a
different meaning!
14. I had my hair cut = I paid
somebody else to cut it.
The hairdresser had already
cut my hair when I changed
my mind about the style I
wanted.
(Active voice, past perfect =
The hairdresser cut my hair,
and then I changed my mind.)
15. I had my hair cut.
had + noun + past participle
The hairdresser had cut my
hair
had + past participle + noun
16. Causative passive or past
perfect?
I had sold my car before I
moved here.
I had my car sold . (I asked or
paid another person to sell
my car for me.)
17. I had my car sold by my
sister. (I asked my sister to
sell my car for me.)
18. It is possible to have a past
perfect and an causative passive
in the same sentence!
I had just had my car fixed when
I had the accident.
(I had my car fixed, and a short
time after that, I had the
accident.)
19. âą When do we choose to use
a causative passive?
Itâs the same reasons for
using any passivesâthe
active agent is
obvious
unimportant
something I donât want to
tell you
20. I had my car fixed. (Who fixed
my car? A mechanic,
obviously.)
21. With a passive causative, this
is the most likely reason.