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Causative Form Practice Exercises

The document provides 20 sentences in their active form and asks to change them into the causative form. The causative form expresses that the subject causes or has something done by another person or thing rather than doing it themselves. Some examples provided are changing "The optician is testing her eyes" to "She is having her eyes tested by the optician" or changing "Bob has tidied the garden for Janet" to "Janet had the garden tidied by Bob". The document is a grammar exercise to practice changing sentences from active to causative form.

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Causative Form Practice Exercises

The document provides 20 sentences in their active form and asks to change them into the causative form. The causative form expresses that the subject causes or has something done by another person or thing rather than doing it themselves. Some examples provided are changing "The optician is testing her eyes" to "She is having her eyes tested by the optician" or changing "Bob has tidied the garden for Janet" to "Janet had the garden tidied by Bob". The document is a grammar exercise to practice changing sentences from active to causative form.

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CAUSATIVE FORM PRACTICE

Change the following sentences into causative form.


1. The optician is testing her eyes.
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2. The dentist is polishing Toms teeth.
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3. Simon is cutting down her tree at the moment.
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4. Do you ask someone to write your essays?
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5. The doctor examined her wound.
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6. We are going to ask them to send us a copy of the document.
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7. You should ask someone to collect your letters while you are away.
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8. Ann will look after his little son.
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9. Bob will hire someone to build a shed for him.
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10.

Did the mechanic repair Kates car?

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11.

The builders are putting a new roof on Barbaras house at the


moment.

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12.

The chef was cooking Bills lunch.

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13.

A plumber fixed the dripping tap for Ann.

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14.

His shops windows were smashed at night.

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15.

Dad is going to arrange for someone to repair his bike.

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16.

Bob has tidied the garden for Janet.

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17.

When will they fix the mobile phone?

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18.

Peter should ask someone to deliver the package.

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19.

Pay someone to paint your house.

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20.

Can you ask Peter to move the heavy boxes?

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