There are two kinds of people in this world:

those who want to get things done and those

who don’t want to make mistakes. – John
Maxwell

Short test II – Causative and Passive

NAME:

1. Use the causative (HAVE SOMETHING DONE)

1) The electrician solved the short circuit problems I was having at home.
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2) They checked my knee at the clinic.

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3) They took care of the mistake for us.

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4) Chinese companies assemble cars for US and European firms.

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5) The red cross supplied medicine and food for Rwanda.

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6) She has always brought lunch for me to my office.

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2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, using
the Word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and fice
words, including the word given.

a. My mother hired someone to paint her house last month. GOT

My mother _______________________________________ last month.
b. A mechanic repaired my car for me last summer. HAD
I _______________________________________ last summer.
c. They know she is quite unreliable at work. BE
She ____________________________________ unreliable at work.
d. She arranged for someone to walk her dog while being on holiday. HAD
She _______________________________ while being on holiday.
e. Someone burgled their house while they were away. BROKEN
They _____________________________ while they were away.
3. Complete the sentences with causatives.

a. We ask someone to check the accounts every month.

We __________________________________ every month.
b. Someone sends the money to my bank account in London.
I have ___________________________________to my bank account in London.
c. My stereo isn’t working properly. It needs cleaning.
I’m going to ______________________________________
d. My camera’s being repaired at the moment.
I’m _____________________________at the moment.
e. Someone delivers the newspapers.
We ____________________________________________
f. Someone cleaned the carpets every year.
I ____________________________every year.

4. Change theses sentences from active to passive.

1 We clean the garages every day.

2 Someone has given him a lot of money.

3 The police arrested two hundred people.

4 Paul wrote the words and John made the music.

5 We check every car engine thoroughly.

6 We export this computer to seventy different countries.

7 We opened the factory at nine o'clock.

8 They send two million books to America every year.