Active, passive and causative forms

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the causative form.

1. I want to sell my car. I …………………… an advertisement …………………… (put) in the weekend paper.

2. Please take off your shoes. We …………………… the carpet …………………… (just clean).

3. I didn’t bake this cake. I …………………… my mum …………………… (bake) it for me.

4. The boys lost the key to the sports locker. They …………………… the key …………………… (replace) yesterday.

Complete the passages with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the active, passive and causative forms.

A. Katie 1. …………………… (know) how to get people to do things. She 2. …………………… (elect) head of the annual party committee last month. She 3. …………………… the entertainment …………………… (arrange) by Tom because he 4. …………………… (manage) several bands in the past. She 5. ………………… (convince) an expensive restaurant to give us a discount. 

Later on today, her assistant 6. …………………… (call) everyone to remind them of the party. 

Her assistant 7. …………………… (do) this during her lunch break. No one 8. …………………… (refuse) Katie’s requests.

B. Mr Jones 9. …………………… (collect) records since he 10. …………………… (hear) the Beatles as a teenager. His favourite records 11. …………………… (find) at second-hand shops or car boot sales. More recently, he 12. …………………… (ask) his children to search for bargains on Internet sites. They 13. …………………… (not mind) doing this because they 14. …………………… (pay) by their father for each record. Mrs Jones 15. …………………… (often complain) about this hobby in the past before they 16. …………………… (move) to a bigger house two years ago. Mr Jones 17. …………………… shelves …………………… (build) in the attic and his enormous record collection 18. …………………… (keep) there now.

KEY

1. will have / get … put

2. have just had / got … cleaned

3. had … bake

4. had / got … replaced

KEY

1. knows

2. was elected

3. had / got … arranged

4. had managed

5. convinced

6. is going to call / is calling

7. is going to do / is doing

8. refuses

9. has collected / has been collecting

10. heard

11. are found / can be found

12. has asked

13. don’t mind

14. are paid

15. had often complained

16. moved

17. had … built

18. is kept