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Career Track BusinessCareer Track Economics and FinanceCareer Track Business AdministrationCareer Track Information Systems EngineeringCareer Track Educational SciencesCareer Track Medicine and Health SciencesCareer Track Tourism and HospitalityCareer Track Occupational Health and SafetyCareer Track Legal EnglishWelcome to B2.2! Causative verbs describe when you arrange for someone else to do something for you, rather than doing it yourself. It's formed with have/get + object + past participle.
Why this matters This lesson connects directly to your progress: it covers form: have/get + object + past participle; negative, questions, and other structures; causative for unfortunate events. Mastering this content lets you move forward confidently, and reinforces patterns you'll use again later. Take time to review every example before moving to the assessment — repetition is what actually locks knowledge in long-term.
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The goals of this lesson.
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You already form active and passive sentences. This lesson teaches causative verbs — a structure for saying someone did something for you ("I had my car washed"), distinct from the passive.
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Compare "I cut my hair" (you did it yourself) to "I had my hair cut" (someone else did it for you). "Have" and "get" are largely interchangeable here, though "get" is more informal.
| Form | Example |
|---|---|
| have + object + p.p. | I had my car washed. |
| get + object + p.p. | I got my car washed. |
Examples
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The causative can combine with any tense or modal verb — negate or question the "have/get" part exactly as you normally would.
Examples
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The same structure can also describe something bad that happened to you (without your control) — usually with "get" rather than "have".
Examples
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Read the text and answer the questions. You can try as many times as you want.
Before her wedding, Camila had a lot to organize. She had her dress made by a local designer and had her hair and makeup done by a professional team. She also got the invitations printed at a small print shop downtown.
Unfortunately, two days before the wedding, she got her car towed because she parked in the wrong spot! Her fiancé had to have it released from the impound lot. Despite the stress, everything came together, and she had the wedding of her dreams.
1. Who made Camila's dress?
2. Where did she get the invitations printed?
3. What happened to her car?
4. Who had it released from the impound lot?
5. How did everything turn out in the end?
💪 You've entered B2.2! Review this lesson, or keep going — your fluency is really taking shape.
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Usa las pistas para completar cada palabra en inglés. Sin calificar — repite las veces que quieras.
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The essentials of this lesson, summarized.
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Key terms to remember.
cleaned with water, arranged to be cleaned by someone else
Collocations: had washed, get washed, freshly washed
the strands that grow on the head
Collocations: cut one's hair, hair salon, do one's hair
a building where people live
Collocations: have the house built, around the house, house painted
a matching jacket and trousers/skirt worn formally
Collocations: tailored suit, business suit, suit made to measure
a picture taken with a camera
Collocations: take a photo, photo taken, family photo
arranging for someone else to do something
Collocations: having done, having built, having repaired
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Tap the words in the correct order to form the sentence. Ungraded — repeat as many times as you like.
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Tap the correct verb form to complete each sentence. The other options are conjugations from other tenses — on purpose, so you learn to tell them apart.
Did you your phone repaired
I always have taxes done by an accountant
She had wallet stolen on the subway
I had car washed yesterday
She had her passport renewed
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Listen to the full dialogue with the speaker buttons first, then fill in the missing words from this lesson's real conversation. Ungraded — repeat as many times as you like.
Your house
Thanks, I had it month.
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You need at least 80% to unlock the next lesson. You can retake it as many times as you want — your best score is saved.
1. Which option matches: "Have you had your eyes checked recently?"?
2. What does this mean: "I haven't had my car serviced yet."?
3. Choose the equivalent of: "She had her wallet stolen on the subway."
4. Select the correct match for: "He got his license suspended for speeding."
5. Which option matches: "We should get the contract reviewed by a lawyer."?
6. "She wants to have her portrait painted." — which one is correct?
7. "She's getting her nails done right now." — which one is correct?
8. Choose the equivalent of: "We had the house painted last month."
9. "Did you get your phone repaired?" — which one is correct?
10. What does this mean: "I always have my taxes done by an accountant."?
Review — Lesson 45 What matches: "Would she have come if you had invited her?"?
Review — Lesson 45 What matches: "If I had seen you, I would have said hello."?
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You now use causative verbs (I had my car washed). Next lesson: inversion, for dramatic emphasis in formal English.
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Practice this lesson's vocabulary with a word search and flashcards. Ungraded — play as many times as you like.
Tap the first and last letter of a hidden word to find it. Los términos de varias palabras van sin espacios en el tablero (ej. "give up" aparece como GIVEUP).
Elige la respuesta correcta. Si aciertas, la tarjeta queda lista por hoy; si fallas, vuelve a aparecer pronto para reforzarla. Tu progreso se guarda en este dispositivo.