Causative verbs
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This document discusses causative structures in English grammar. Causative structures indicate that one person or thing causes another to do something. They involve using verbs like "have", "make", "get", or "let" followed by a subject and the past participle form of another verb. Examples are provided like "I had John fix the car" and "The teacher made the students work in groups." Exercises are included asking the reader to complete sentences using causative structures, such as "Mrs. Brown had her house painted" and "I got Alice to lend me some money."
Causative verbs
- 3. Subject + Have/Make + Person +Past participle verb • Causative structures indicate that one thing or person causes another thing or person to do something.
- 4. • Have (give someone the responsibility to do something) (pay money) • I had John fixed the car • I had my hair cut
- 5. •Make (force someone to do something) • The teacher made the students worked in groups • Our boss made us worked extra hours
- 6. •Get (convince or trick someone into doing something) • He got the mechanic to repair the machine. • She got him to read more.
- 7. •Let (allow someone do something) • Jane let her son go out • They let the children play in the yard
- 10. • EXERCISES • Mrs.Brown had her house .................... (paint) • The teacher had the class ....................... a 2500-word research paper. (write) • I made my daughter ...................... the toilet before he could go outside to play. (wash) • Donald got some children in the neighbourhood .......................... out his garage. (clean)
- 11. • He went to the bank to have a check ...................... (cash) • Barbara stopped at the gas station to have the tank ..................... (fill) • I got Alice .......................... me some money so I could go to a film yesterday. (lend) • Mr. Campbell went to a doctor to have the wart on his nose .......................... (remove)
- 12. EXAMPLES • 1. My house’s faucet is broken. • 2. I don’t understand the math exercises. • 3. My clothes are so dirty and I don’t know how to wash them. • 4.Tomorrow it’s my mother’s birthday. • 5.