Causatives: Examples in all Tense Forms
Present simple
The gardener waters the flowers regularly.
She has her flowers watered regularly.
Present Continuous
The workers are painting our kitchen.
We are having our kitchen painted.
Present Perfect
The doctor has just tested his eyes.
He has just had his eyes tested.
Present Perfect Continuous
The repairman has been fixing his car for weeks.
He has been having his car fixed for weeks.
Past Simple
Rat control service men exterminated moles in her garden last week.
She had moles in her garden exterminated.
Past Continuous
The hairdresser was perming her hair when she was looking out of the window.
She has was having her hair permed.
Past Perfect
Mother had ironed your T-shirt by dinner time.
You had had your T-shirt ironed.
Past Perfect Continuous
The workers had been decorating their house for weeks before they returned
They had been having their house decorated.
Future Simple
The brigade will repair our roof.
We shall have our roof repaired.
Future Continuous
The barber will be cutting my hair tomorrow from 5 till 6 pm.
I will be having my hair cut.
Future Perfect
The janitor will have cleaned the windows by the evening
The office workers will have had the windows cleaned.
Future Perfect Continuous
The photographers will have been taking photos the whole day tomorrow by the end of the wedding day.
The weds will habe been having the photos taken.
After modals
The postman may send the parcel.
You may have the parcel sent.
Infinitive
Sarah isn't making her own wedding dress, she is going to have her dress made by a designer.
Gerund
I enjoy having my nails polished and colored.
Participle
While having my tooth pulled out yesterday I was praying.
Having had my car washed I drove farther.