I Had It Done: Causative Have and Get

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A complete Grade 9 ESL grammar pack on the causative: have or get something done (I had my phone repaired), have someone do something and get someone to do something. Students match services with professionals, use the past participle and the correct verb pattern in different tenses, transform active sentences and talk about services they use. Includes slides, a lesson plan, worksheet, quiz, homework, flashcards, a rubric and answer keys.

Overview

We use the causative when someone else does something for us, often because we arrange or pay for it. Have or get + object + past participle focuses on the result: I had my hair cut. We're getting the kitchen painted. Have + person + base verb and get + person + to-infinitive focus on the person who does the job: I had the technician install the software. I got my brother to help me. Get is more informal. The causative works in every tense: I'm having my eyes tested tomorrow. Students practice choosing the right pattern, forming the past participle, transforming active sentences and talking about everyday services such as the dentist, the mechanic and the hairdresser.

Resource Details

Subject: ESL
Topic: Causative Have and Get
Category: Grammar
File Type: PDF
File Size: 300.9 KB
Published: 12 Nov 2026
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Grade 9 ESL (ages 14–15), B1–B2 55 minutes Grammar sentence transformation speaking vocabulary for services

Learning Objectives

Use have/get + object + past participle to talk about services.
Use have + person + base verb and get + person + to-infinitive.
Use the causative in different tenses to describe real situations.

How to Use This Resource

Show the slides: a photo of someone at the hairdresser's. Ask: "Did she cut her hair herself?"
Do worksheet activities 1 and 2 together.
Students complete activities 3 to 6, then use the quiz and send the homework page home.

Classroom Activity Ideas

Service survey: students ask classmates When did you last have your hair cut? How often do you get your eyes tested?
To-do list: students write a list of jobs for a move to a new apartment and say who will do each one (We'll have the walls painted.).
Excuses: students explain why they can't use something (I'm having my laptop repaired.).

Differentiation

Support: give a pattern card (have/get + object + past participle) and a list of past participles. Challenge: students use the causative for unwanted experiences (She had her bike stolen.) and in questions (Where do you get your hair cut?).

Assessment

Use the worksheet and quiz to check form and meaning. Use the rubric to assess speaking in the survey and the homework sentences.

Teacher Tips

Students often confuse I cut my hair (I did it myself) with I had my hair cut (someone did it for me). Ask: Who did the work? Also check word order: the object comes before the past participle (had my car washed, not had washed my car).

What's Included

10-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
Key vocabulary list (8 words with meanings and examples)
Student worksheet (6 activities)
Quiz / assessment (3 parts)
Homework practice page
Printable flashcards: 8 A5 picture cards (separate PDF)
Assessment rubric (4 levels)
Lesson slides (editable PowerPoint)
Editable Word version of all student pages
Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)

Additional Files

Lesson Slides (PPTX)
Editable Student Pages and Lesson Plan (DOCX)
A5 Flashcards (PDF)
Answer Key (PDF)

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