CAUSATIVE FORM
Exercise 1
1. I'll have the boys______ the chairs.
a. paint b. to paint c. painted d. painting
2. I am going to have a new house______
a. build b. to build c. built d. building
3. Have these flowers______ to her office, please.
a. taken b. taking c. take d. to take
4. You should have your car______ before going.
a. servicing b. to service c. service d. serviced
5. I'll have a new dress______ for my daughter.
a. making b. to make c. make d. made
6. Pupils should have their eyes______ regularly.
a. tested b. to test c. test d. testing
7. Lisa had the roof______ yesterday.
a. repair b. repaired c. to repair d. repairing
8. They have just had air conditioning______ in their house.
a. install b. to install c. installed d. installing
9. We had the room______ yesterday
a. decorates b. had decorated c. decorated d. decorating
10. The villagers have had the use of this washing machine______ by this engineer.
a. explain b. explained c. to explain d. explains
11. By______ the housework done, we have time to further our studies.
a. taking b. to have c. having d. to get
12. The government has had new houses______ in the rural areas.
a. build b. built c. to be built d. building
13. They had the swamp______ last year.
a. drain b. to drain c. cut d. to cut
14. She is going to have her wedding dress______
a. cutting b. cuts c. cut d. to cut
15. It's about time you had your house______
a. whitewash b. whitewashed c. whitewashing d. to whitewash
16. I'm sorry I'm late, but I______ my watch______ on the way here.
a. have/cleaned b. had/clean c. had/cleaned d. had/to clean
17. Please have the cleaner______ this meeting room.
a. sweep b. swept c. sweeping d. to sweep
18. I'd like to have my shoes______ at one.
a. repair b. repairing c. repaired d. being repaired
19. My grandmother had a tooth______ last week.
a. fill b. filling c. filled d. to be filled
20. We had the roof______ last year.
a. mend b. mending c. mended d. being mended
Exercise 2
1. We have just had the carpenter(thợ mộc)______ this chair.( active : Have sb do Sth)
a. made b. make c. to make d. making
2. What did you do this morning? We ______ the room whitewashed.
a. had b. have c. got to d. order
3. I have had my room______ today.
a. clean b. cleaning c. cleaned d. being cleaned
4. John had just had his brother______ a house for him on Fifth Avenue.
a. building b. build c. to build d. built
5. Let's have our waiter______ some coffee
a. bring b. to bring c. bringing d. brought
6. You ought to have your coat______
a. clean and press b. cleaned and pressed
c. cleaning and pressing d. cleaning and pressed
7. The teacher had the students______ their test.
a. hand in b. handed in c. handing in d. having handed in
8. The students got the librarian______ books for them.
a. buy b. to buy c. bought d. buying
9. Why don't you have that coat______?
a. cleaned b. clean c. cleaning d. to clean
10. She doesn't like having her picture______
a. take b. taken c. taking d. to take
11. James had his nose______ in a fight.
a. break b. to break c. breaking d. broken
12. Frank had his passport______ on a train.
a. stealing b. to steal c. stolen d. steal
13. Fred had his hat______ off in the wind.
a. blow b. blown c. blowing d. to blow
14. George had his papers______ at the police station.
a. take b. to take c. taking d. taken
15. Bill is having his shoes______
a. shined b. to shine c. shining d. shine
16. I'll have another key______
a. made b. making c. to make d. make
17. Do you have a newspaper______ to your home?
a. deliver b. delivered c. to deliver d. delivering
18. I have not had the film______ yet.
a. develop b. to develop c. developing d. doing
19. She had her hair______ yesterday.
a. done b. do c. to do d. doing
20. Have her______ these letters, please.
a. type b. to type c. typed d. typing
PRACTICE TEST
I. Choose the word whose part underlined is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
1. [Link] B. liked [Link] [Link]
2. [Link] t [Link] n [Link] t [Link] t
3. [Link] d [Link] m [Link] k [Link] n
4 [Link] [Link] C. books [Link]
5. [Link] icken [Link] [Link] e [Link] ange
II. Choose the words or phrase that best complete each sentence:
1. Mary is a good ( typer / type / typist( người dánh máy) / type writer ) .She can type 60 words a
minute .
2. Nobody is ready to go ,( is he / isn’t he / are they / aren’t they ) ?
3. Mai wishes she ( don’t / doesn’t / wasn’t / didn’t ) have to clean all the windows.
4. Are you used ( to work / to working / at work / with working ) on your own?
5. Tim has ( many / less / most / fewer ) friends than Jack.
6. Listen to what I am saying , ( don’t / will you / do you / are you ) ?
7. Everyone in the world ( wants / want / is wanting / are wanting ) to have a good life .
8. The carpenter will repair the ( break / broken / breaking / has broken ) chair.
9. He can’t earn money ( unless / until / if / without ) he has no job .
10.(How well / how good / what good / how ) she plays the piano !.
III. Write the verbs in the brackets in to its correct tense and form .
[Link] (be) .........had been.......... no guests at all since I ( leave ) ....left............ .
2.I (never forget) .will never forget.............. what you (just say)....have just said................... .
[Link] (steal) ....have stolen...my handbag on the bus .
[Link] up or you (be) .....will be........... late for class .
5.I (start) .......started …learning English when I (be)....was....in grade 6.
[Link] you mind (open) ....opening...... the window ?
[Link] animals (not eat) ....don’t eat...... during the winter .
IV .Put one suitable word in each space.
I'm a writer, and I work ......at......(1) home. It doesn't particularly matter where my house …is…
(2), as long as it is ....a.......(3) nice house. But last year my wife .had............(4) a new job in a different
part of the country. So, we had to move. This was our first experience of ....... buying............(5)one
house and selling another at the same time. I wouldn't…like..(6) to do it again. We quickly saw the
house .......which.............(7)we wanted. It was then that our problems began: The people who wanted to
buy our house couldn't sell ......theirs.........(8)and the man whose house we wanted couldn't find a …
house…. (9)he liked. It ...took........(10) us nine months to buy the house. Now, I'm not sure if I like it.
V. Rewrite the sentences , beginning with the words given in such away that they remain the same
meaning as the old ones.
[Link] is a better cook than Hoa.
Hoa can’t……cook as well as linh………
[Link] is pleased to meet her aunt again soon.
Nga is looking …forward to meeting her aunt again soon…..
[Link] teacher is making them study hard .
They are … being made to study hard by their teacher …
4. It was so late that nothing could be done
It was too..late for anything to be done..
[Link] started living here fifteen years ago.
We have …lived here for 15 years ago….
[Link] is the first time I have eaten this kind of food .
I haven’t …eaten this kind of food before…
[Link]’s parents gave him a mobile on his birthday.
Trung …was given a mobile by his parents on his birthday.
8.’’I am very busy . I will ring you tomorrow ” Susan said to me.
Susan…said to me that she was very busy so she would ring me the following day …
9. During dinner, the phone rang.
While I ...was having dinner, the phone was ringing.........................
[Link] is the most intelligent in his class .
No one ...is as intelligent as him...
VI. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence .find and correct it
[Link] brother didn’t wear that uniform since he left school .=> hasn’t worn
A B C D
[Link] each lesson we often have a ten- minutes rest .=> ten- minute
A B C D
[Link] price of oil used to( vi used to laf dong tu) be a great deal lower than now , Wasn’t it ?=>
didn’t it
A B C D
4. A new department store was building in our town last month. => built
A B C D
[Link] neighbor will look for the garden when we go on holiday.=> look after
A B C D
VII. Complete these sentences below the given words:
[Link] / know / him / since / children. =>We have known him since we were children.
2. She/ say / enjoy / Vietnamese food / very much.=> She says that she enjoys Vietnamese food very
much.
3- Mai / good / at/ Math/ than / Lan Anh.=> Mai is better at Math than Lan Anh.
4- Hoa/ have / many/ books/ than/ her/ sister =>Hoa has more books than her sister.
5. He / prefer / play / chess / listen music .=>He prefers playing chess to listening to music.
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