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Help Agent 007.5 complete his rather embarrassing incident report by selecting the correct verb forms.
I unfortunately ___________________________ sneaking into the villain's lair through the air vents. To escape, I had my assistant _________________________ a distraction with a smoke bomb, but I couldn't get the getaway driver _________________________ the engine in time. Now I need to get my laser-equipped tuxedo _________________________ before tomorrow's gala.
The correct answers are:
- got caught
- create
- to start
- dry-cleaned
got caught: We often use the "get-passive" (get + past participle) for accidental, unexpected, or negative events.
create: The causative structure have someone do something uses the base form of the verb (bare infinitive) to show we assigned a task to someone.
to start: The causative structure get someone to do something uses the full infinitive (to + verb) to mean we persuaded or arranged for someone to do a task.
dry-cleaned: The causative structure get something done uses the past participle to show an action performed on an object by someone else.