Question

B. Complete the dialogues using the causative form where necessary. Jamie: I'm sorry but I can't (1)___________(fix / the central heating problem) myself. Jenny: That's OK. We'll have to (2)__________(fix/ it) by a plumber. Steve: Why did you come in on the bus today? (3)___________(you / service / your car)? Mark: No, I have something to do later just down the street, and it's difficult to find parking there. Samantha: I (4)___________ (do / my hair) at the hairdresser's when a car crashed into the front window yesterday. Anne: Wow, that is awful! Was anyone hurt? Jane: What are you going to do about your computer? Mike: I'm not going to (5)____________(a technician / repair / it) again and pay an arm and a leg. I'll (6)__________(buy / a new one). Tracy: (7)______________(the Jacksons / paint / their house) every year? Jessica: Not exactly. They can't afford it, so they (8)______________(paint / it) themselves. Pete: Hey, Pete, when (9) you / get / these cool sunglasses)? Robert: I bought them this morning. Someone sat on my old ones at the cinema last night and (10)____________(break / them).

Answer 1

Ответ:

Jamie: I'm sorry but I can't (1) fix the central heating problem myself.

Jenny: That's OK. We'll have to (2) have it fixed by a plumber.

Steve: Why did you come in on the bus today? (3) Are you having your car serviced?

Mark: No, I have something to do later just down the street, and it's difficult to find parking there.

Samantha: I (4) was having my hair done at the hairdresser's when a car crashed into the front window yesterday.

Anne: Wow, that is awful! Was anyone hurt?

Jane: What are you going to do about your computer?

Mike: I'm not going to (5) have a technician repair it again and pay an arm and a leg. I'll (6) buy a new one.

Tracy: (7) Do the Jacksons have their house painted every year?

Jessica: Not exactly. They can't afford it, so they (8) paint it themselves.

Pete: Hey, Pete, when (9) did you get these cool sunglasses?

Robert: I bought them this morning. Someone sat on my old ones at the cinema last night and (10) broke them.

Объяснение:

The causative form - каузативная форма, которая используется, когда нужное человеку действие выполняется не самим человеком, а другим лицом/организацией.

В английском языке различают активный и пассивный каузативные обороты.

Активный каузативный оборот (have somebody do something) отличается тем, что в предложении указано, кто конкретно выполняет работу. Схема предложения с ним:

Subject + have/get/make/let/help + Person + Infinitive

В предложениях с Passive Causative form (have something done) акцент делается на самом действии, исполнитель либо понятен из контекста, либо эта информация вообще не важна. Употребляется данная конструкция с глаголами have и get и является довольно широко распространенной, встречается даже чаще чем активная форма.

Строятся такие конструкции по схеме:

Подлежащее – каузативный глагол – дополнение – 3-я форма глагола

Subject + have/get + object + V3

Answer 2

Sure, here's the completed dialogue with the causative form:

Jamie: I'm sorry but I can't (1) fix the central heating problem myself. Jenny: That's OK. We'll have to (2) have it fixed by a plumber. Steve: Why did you come in on the bus today? (3) Did you have your car serviced? Mark: No, I have something to do later just down the street, and it's difficult to find parking there. Samantha: I (4) was having my hair done at the hairdresser's when a car crashed into the front window yesterday. Anne: Wow, that is awful! Was anyone hurt? Jane: What are you going to do about your computer? Mike: I'm not going to (5) have a technician repair it again and pay an arm and a leg. I'll (6) buy a new one. Tracy: (7) Do the Jacksons have their house painted every year? Jessica: Not exactly. They can't afford it, so they (8) paint it themselves. Pete: Hey, Pete, when (9) did you get these cool sunglasses? Robert: I bought them this morning. Someone sat on my old ones at the cinema last night and (10) broke them.