Have you ever seen the movie Good Morning Vietnam with Robin Williams. In that
movie, an Army base had Williams character work as a radio DJ and his
personality had everyone on the base laughing, except, of course, his supervisors
who wanted to have him transferred. Have someone do something, have someone doing
something, and have something done. By the end of this podcast, you'll
have learned six different ways to use have in the causative let's discuss. Welcome
to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from New York City, and
here's your English teacher, Michael all Rye. Thank you John, and thanks
everyone. It's Michael from Happy English and I help people speak English better.
And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven six. Six causative forms of
have. Have is an interesting verb in English, and my goal for today's
lesson is to have you understanding six different ways to use have in the causative
form. Let's get the ball rolling. First of all, you can have
someone do something. The pattern is have followed by a person followed by a
base verb. You can say things like she had me go or let's have
Jack do it. The meaning is to ask or arrange for someone to do
something for you. And you want someone to do a job for you,
and you ask them or arrange for them to do it, we say that
you have them do it. Check out this example, Let's have Jenny run
the training workshop. This is the same as saying, let's ask Jenny to
run the workshop. Here's another example. I want to have Sam paint the
kitchen. He did such a great job when we had him do the living
room for us last year. You can also have someone doing something. The
pattern is have followed by a person followed by an ing you know, a
gerrand. You can say things like she had me laughing, or the boss
had us working hall card. The meaning is to cause a person to be
doing something. Here are some other examples. The comedian had us laughing for
the entire performance during tax season. The accounting manager has everyone in the office
working overtime. You can also use have when you cause something to happen to
someone. The pattern is have followed by a person followed by a past participle
verb. You can say things like have her promoted or have him transferred.
For example, once the boss got proof that Johnny was stealing money from the
company, he had Johnny arrested. The company is unable to fire David because
of his contract, so the boss had him transferred to a branch office in
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have you speaking better English in no time. Next, you can have something
done. The pattern is have followed by a thing followed by a past participle
verb. You can have your house painted or have your car serviced. When
you have something done, you pay someone to do the job for you.
Here are some examples. I have my hair cut once a week at Rocky's
Barbershop downtown. Do you know where I can have my watch repaired? This
same pattern can also be used to talk about experience. You can have something
happened to you. For example, well, I had my wallet stolen while
I was on a crowded subway. They unexpectedly had their flight canceled due to
bad weather, causing a delay in their travel plans. Ken had his leg
broken in a skiing accident. And finally, you can also have something happening.
The pattern here is have followed by something and then an ing. For
example, when we checked on the summer house after the storm, we discovered
that we had water leaking from the ceiling in the living room. It was
so nice that Vicky came with her kids yesterday. It was great to have
children playing in the backyard. Keep in mind the best way to remember this
and any other grammar pattern is to take the word or phrase, write it
in a sentence that's true for you or true in your world, and then
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