TOP NOTCH 3, UNIT THE PASSIVE CAUSATIVE – “Have or Get something done” The rule is: Look at the next sentences I dry my hair I cut my hair I dye my hair My brother takes his clothes to the laundry He repairs his computer when it is broken He does his own shopping My father and my mother walk their dogs They cook dinner in their house They fix their clothes when the clothes are torn All of these actions are things that my parents, my brother and I do; we are the people who the actions There are some actions that we not do, for example: I don’t develop my photos My brother does not repair his shoes My parents not deliver packages they send So, because we not these actions, we ask people to the actions for us We get the actions done We have the actions done for us This is known as “passive causative” I get my photos developed He has his shoes repaired They get their packages delivered This structure is NOT a tense We can use the structure in ANY tense, but now we will concentrate on present and past PRESENT: SUBJECT + HAVE / GET + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE PAST SUBJECT + HAD / GOT + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE We can also say WHO or WHERE we have the things done I had my photos developed at Sam’s He got shoes repaired by the shoemaker My parents had the packages delivered by Fedex AT is for PLACES BY is for the people who the actions for us