I’ve recognized the need of some upper level students to review the forms of “get” and “have” as causative verbs. The meanings are relatively easy for them to grasp, especially with the overlap of getting and having something done. (E.g., She had her nails done./She got her nails done.)In contrast, the differences in forms have led to small errors, so for some of my students, I’ve prepared a short set of focused practice tasks. I hope the PDF will prove useful for your learners as well. There are quite a number of interactive exercises online, but I needed to design tasks to specifically target the subtleties that create confusion for my learners. What’s in the PDF? The first task is a brief review of the meanings, and it forces learners to consider the intent of each statement. The second task focuses on common mistakes with forms in the context of short conversations. The third and final task quickly tests learners’ knowledge of both meaning and form by asking them to match sentence halves.
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