Homework 11th March 2013

Lots of exercises were prepared for today, but... without the explanation of Causative form's theory... most of us couldn't have success. As a general problem, our teacher decided to check only the first 20 sentences (from page 43) in order to offer an example of how to do it. Here you are the 20 first causative form changed sentences. I hope all are ok, because the checking time is in some periods a mess (in my notebook). Anyway, this is better than nothing, doesn't it?

Write sentences in the causative form as in the example:

1.- John will have some bring him the post

1.- John will have the post brought to him

2.- Did Sheila ask the dressmaker to make her a dress?

2.- Did Sheila have a dress made?

3.- When will his photographs be developed?

3.- When will have his photographs been developed / developed? (both are possible)

4.- The decorators are decorating Tim’s house at the moment.

4.- Tim is having his house decorating at the moment.

5.- Your car needs to be serviced.

5.- You need to have your car serviced.

6.- The gardener was pruning Bob’s bushes.

6.- Bob was having his bushes pruned.

7.- The manager had asked the secretary to book a room for him

7.- The manager had a room booked for him.

8.- I paid someone to fix the roof of my house.

8.- I paid someone for having the roof of my house fixed.

9.- Let’s ask the porter to carry the luggage to the taxi.

9.- Let’s ask the porter to have the luggage carried to the taxi.

10.- Larry has got the plastic surgeon to remove his tatoo.

10.- Larry has his tatoo removed.

11.- A nurse took her temperature.

11.- A nurse had her temperature taken.

12.- The make-up artist was applying the model’s lipstick.

12.- The model was having the lipstick applied.

13.- Ask the cook to prepare the vegetables.

13.- Ask the cook to have the vegetables prepared.

14.- Have you told the accountant to check the figures?

14.- Have you told the accountant to have the figures checked?

15.- Jim hates the teacher correcting his mistakes.

15.- Jim hates having his mistakes corrected.

16.- Did the beautician paint Joanne’s nails?

16.- Did Joanne’s have her nails painted?

17.- He told the maid to serve breakfast in his room.

17.- He told the maid to have breakfast served in his room.

18.- Dad was late bacause the garage had been servicing his car.

18.- He had been having his car serviced.

19.- Pam is going to tell someone to reapir the pipes.

19.- Pam is going to tell someone to have the pipes repaired.

20.- My parents’ house was burgled last Monday.

20.- My parents had their house burgled last Monday.

        As a homework, finish the exercises from page 43 (the same as the last day, you can visit my last post) and bearing in mind, I think that we have to write down and Opinion article. Nothing more for Wednesday! 
       We also made a listening activity (page 62,  listening from Xunta Galicia, Task 3) but we hadn't enough time to check it. Our American girls came to speak about Uncle Sam and the meaning of flags for people.... Nothing more in my mind, at least at the moment... I hope it was helpful!! Enjoy it!