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    The document discusses causatives, which are used to indicate that someone has caused or allowed an action to be done for them by another person. It provides examples of sentences using causatives like "I got my TV repaired yesterday" and "My dad has his car washed every week." It then provides a translation exercise, asking the reader to transform 11 sentences using causatives, such as changing "Cleaners are ironing my new suit at the moment" to "I am getting my new suit ironed at the moment."

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    The document discusses causatives, which are used to indicate that someone has caused or allowed an action to be done for them by another person. It provides examples of sentences using causatives like "I got my TV repaired yesterday" and "My dad has his car washed every week." It then provides a translation exercise, asking the reader to transform 11 sentences using causatives, such as changing "Cleaners are ironing my new suit at the moment" to "I am getting my new suit ironed at the moment."

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    The document discusses causatives, which are used to indicate that someone has caused or allowed an action to be done for them by another person. It provides examples of sentences using causatives like "I got my TV repaired yesterday" and "My dad has his car washed every week." It then provides a translation exercise, asking the reader to transform 11 sentences using causatives, such as changing "Cleaners are ironing my new suit at the moment" to "I am getting my new suit ironed at the moment."

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    658 views2 pages

    Causatives Exercise

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    Amy
    The document discusses causatives, which are used to indicate that someone has caused or allowed an action to be done for them by another person. It provides examples of sentences using causatives like "I got my TV repaired yesterday" and "My dad has his car washed every week." It then provides a translation exercise, asking the reader to transform 11 sentences using causatives, such as changing "Cleaners are ironing my new suit at the moment" to "I am getting my new suit ironed at the moment."

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    persona que recibe/ Causatives

    se beneficia de la acción
    verbo en participio:
    done, cleaned, broken, removed

    en el tiempo verbal objeto más importante


    adecuado en la acción

    Las usamos para indicar que hemos mandado algo a hacer o que somos nosotros los que
    recibimos la acción o el servicio, otros lo hacen para nosotros.

    Examples:
    I got my TV repaired yesterday.
    My dad has his car washed every week.
    I will get my wisdom tooth removed next month.
    I can't have my kitchen decorated this year.
    The queen got her palace built in 1890.

    Transforma estas frases

    1. Someone will send me new books this term.

    2. Cleaners are ironing my new suit at the moment.

    3. My mother usually bakes bread for me in the morning.

    4. A plumber replaced the old pipes in my bathroom.

    5. A technician has installed a new app on my laptop.

    6. Someone must fix your motorbike as soon as possible.

    7. Painters painted my granny's fence last week.

    8. Someone should edit my videos for me, it takes me ages!

    9. The hairdresser didn't cut my hair during lockdown.

    10. A producer was recording her new album yesterday.

    11. Doctors have tested my blood this afternoon.


    Causatives

    Answer key
    1. I will get/will have new books sent this term.

    2. I am getting / am having my new suit ironed at the moment.

    3. I usually get/have bread baked in the morning.

    4. I got/had the old pipes replaced in my bathroom.

    5. I have had / have got a new app installed on my laptop.

    6. You must get / must have your motorbike fixed as soon as possible.

    7. My granny got / had her fence painted last week.

    8. I should get / should have my videos edited, it takes me ages!

    9. I didn't get/ didn't have my hair cut during lockdown.

    10. She was getting / was having her album recorded yesterday.

    11. I have had / have got my blood tested this afternoon.

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