Have something done, make and let

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2Reading: the house on Maple StreetReading comprehension
3. 3Who did what?Grammar exercise
4. 4Find the causativesGrammar exercise
5. 5CausativesGrammar rule
6. 6Choose the right formGrammar exercise
7. 7Say it with a causativeGrammar exercise
8. 8Questions for your teacherGrammar exercise
9. 9Say it naturallySpeaking practice
10. 10Favors, services and rulesSpeaking practice
11. 11About youGrammar exercise
12. 12Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: a busy weekGrammar exercise
2. 2Homework: which is right?Grammar exercise
3. 3Homework: house rulesDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

1. Do you prefer to fix things yourself or to pay someone? Why?
2. What jobs around the house do you hate doing?
3. What were some of the rules in your house when you were a child?

Grammar rule

Causatives

Pattern	Meaning	Example
have / get + something + past participle	a service: someone does it for you	We had our carpets cleaned. She gets her hair colored every two months.
have / get + something + past participle	something bad happened to you	He had his phone stolen.
have + someone + base verb	ask or arrange for someone to do it	The hotel had someone carry our bags to the room.
get + someone + to + verb	persuade someone to do it	I finally got my dad to see a doctor.
make + someone + base verb	force someone to do it	My boss made me redo the whole report.
let + someone + base verb	allow someone to do it	Our neighbors let us use their pool in the summer.

Notes

Have and get work in any tense: I'm having my eyes tested tomorrow. Have you had your car checked? Get is more informal than have. allow and force take to: The museum allowed us to take photos. (but let us take, without to)

In the passive, make takes to: We were made to wait for two hours. Let has no passive: say we were allowed to go.