Causatives with "get"
The Causative Verbs
-- Get --
We express the idea of somebody else to do something. We
require something to be done by somebody else (by a third person).
Get is usually used
for having something done by somebody whom you persuade or
decieve. For example, you persuade a friend to
do your homework,or your sister to clean your room.
- She
always gets
her sister to
clean
her room.
- I'm
going
to
get
Tom to
do
my homework.
Tense Change: We can
change the tense
of the "get".
- I get my
sister to wash my dirty clothes.
- I must get my sister
to wash my dirty clothes.
- Do you get your
sister to wash your dirty clothes?
- Did you get your
sister to wash your dirty clothes?
- I will get my sister
to wash my dirty clothes.
- She gets her sister to wash
her dirty clothes.
- I got my sister
to wash my dirty clothes.
- I have got my sister
to wash my dirty clothes.
- I can get my sister
to wash my dirty clothes
- I am going to get my sister
to wash my dirty clothes.
- I should get my sister
to wash my dirty clothes.
- and
to use more tenses and modals is possible.
There are
two forms of doing causative with "get", passive or active.
Active Form
Get + somebody
+ to
do (verb 1)
+
something
In
active form, we use somebody and infinitive
form of the verb (to
+ verb) after the verb "have".
- She
always gets
her sister to
clean
her room.
- I'm
going
to
get
Tom to
do
my homework.
- I
got
my mother to
iron
my shirt.
- How can I get
him to
fix
the
watch.
- Maria has
got
her landlord to
change
the door.
- Shall
we get
the children to
tidy
the room?
Passive Form
Get +
something + done (verb 3) +
(by someone)
In
passive form, we use something and past
participle of the verb (verb
3) after the
verb "get".
-
I'm
going to
get my homework done
by Tom.
-
I got my shirt ironed by my mother.
-
How can I get the watch fixed.
-
Maria has got the door changed by her landlord.
-
Shall
we get the room tidied by the children?
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