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Explore PricingCausatives are a way to describe actions that someone else does for us, or that are done to us, using the patterns have + object + past participle or get + object + past participle.
Causatives, also known as have or get something done, is a way to describe actions that someone else does for us, or that are done to us.
Remember that when you use causatives, you are describing an action that someone else does for you, so try to think of it like giving instructions to someone else to do something for you.
The causative form is important in IELTS Writing and Speaking to express complex ideas and actions. In Writing Task 2, you may need to describe the consequences of an action, and in Speaking Part 2, you may need to talk about past experiences.
Use causatives to describe the actions that led to a problem in your essay
Use causatives in your speaking to describe past experiences, like getting a document translated