(ESCOLA NAVAL/MB) - QUESTÃO

Which option completes the dialogue below correctly?

John: What’s the matter? Mary: My notebook isn’t working properly. I must call the technician and________ immediately.

Ⓐ have fixed it

Ⓑ have it fixed

Ⓒ fixed it

Ⓓ has fixed it

Ⓔ has it fixed

Let’s analyze this carefully.

The sentence is:

My notebook isn’t working properly. I must call the technician and _______ immediately.

The structure is: “call the technician and [do something]”.

We are looking for the correct causative construction, because Mary wants someone else (the technician) to fix her notebook.

• Causative form: have + object + past participle → “have it fixed” (means “get someone else to fix it”).

Now check the options:

• Ⓐ have fixed it → wrong. This implies she fixed it herself, not the technician.

• Ⓑ have it fixed → ✅ correct. This correctly uses the causative form.

• Ⓒ fixed it → wrong. Grammatically incomplete after “must call the technician and …”

• Ⓓ has fixed it → wrong. “Has” does not agree with “I” and also changes meaning.

• Ⓔ has it fixed → wrong. Same issue: “has” doesn’t fit with “I must call…”

Answer: have it fixed