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XHealthY Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

The passive Causative

Can someone explain me how to do this?

Here's an example

Someone does my taxes every April.
I have my taxes done every April

1. Someone is repairing my computer

2. My favorite mechanic at majesctic Motors checked my car.
  

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If you give it a try, we'll be glad to help you with any problems.
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Hi xHealthY

I assume your teacher has probably told you that one basic format for this sort of thing is "have something done". You can look at that as a "base" form. When you use this format, you are basically saying that a Person A causes an unidentified Person B to do something. In other words, A has something done (by B). Let's look at your first example:

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Okay I will give it try

1. Someone is repairing my computer
I have my computer repaired by someone.

2. My favorite mechanic at Majestic Motors checked my car.
I have my car checked by my favorite mechanic at majestic motors.

3. Someone has just cleaned our windows.
I had my window cleaned by someone.

4. Someone is going to cut our grass.
He wil
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xHealthY1. Someone is repairing my computer. (tense = present continuous)
I have am having my computer repaired by someone.

2. My favorite mechanic at Majestic Motors checked my car. (tense = simple past)
I have had my car
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Lol , yeah I need practice. I don't want to fail . I have a test next week. ;/
but thx for the help

can you tell me about "have someone do something? lol
She did not had the time to tell us.
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Someone should check our electrical wiring.
We should have checked our electrical wiring.

Northtown contractors will probably do most of the work on our house
We will probably have our contractors do most of the work on the house

They might build a new porch for us too.
A new porch might be built for us by them.

Someone had better fix the neighbors roof.
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Hi xHealthY

If your teacher has not mentioned "have someone do something", then maybe you shouldn't worry about that yet. Right now you should probably focus on and try to master what you need for your upcoming test.

But don't be too surprised if you see the format "have someone do something" in a lesson sometime soon.
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xHealthYSomeone should check our electrical wiring.
We should have our electrical wiring checked our electrical wiring.

Northtown contractors will probably do most of the work on our house
We will probably have Northtown contractors do most of the work on the house

They might build a new
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We might have a new porch built?

I still don't know this at all =\

I will search in google and do some exercise. :/
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xHealthYWe might have a new porch built?
Perfect.
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