ACTIVE CAUSATIVE FORM EXERCISE 2 (ESL)

Grammar review The active causative — extended practice

The active causative (have + person + base verb) describes situations where someone arranges for a named person to carry out an action. This exercise extends that pattern across a wider range of contexts.

The transformation pattern:
Original: “Mary cleaned the refrigerator.”
Causative: “Charlotte had Mary clean the refrigerator.”

Tense flexibility: The tense of the whole sentence is carried by had, not by the following verb. The verb after the named person always stays in the base form regardless of tense:
“I will have her call you.”   “He had them redo it.”   “She has him drive her to work.”

Distinguishing active from passive causative:
If you can answer the question “Had whom?” → active causative (a person follows had).
If you answer “Had what done?” → passive causative (a thing follows had, verb is past participle).