CAUSATIVES
Causatives are main verb that cause people or
machines to do things or cause things to change. There are five kinds of
causative in English, namely, have, make,
get, help, and let, ask.
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A. Causative
HAVE
1. SUBJECT +
HAVE + SOMEONE + VERB WORD
She had me type a letter
They
have him go there alone
My uncle has her wash cloth
His teacher will
have them do the exercises
2. SUBJECT
+ HAVE
+ SOMETHING + PARTICIPLE
I have this
paper renewed
He had
the letter rewritten
His teacher had
the task done at home
All lecturers have the script retyped
B. Causative
MAKE
1. SUBJECT + MAKE
+ SOMEONE + VERB WORD
He made us type the
task
I make him send the letter
Dr. Kurt made the patients take medicine
She makes him park her car
2. SUBJECT + MAKE + SOMETHING + VERB WORD
I made the dishwasher run
last night
They make the
machine work all the time
She makes the
bell ring
loudly
He made the
vacuum cleaner work yesterday
C. Causative
GET
1. SUBJECT + GET + SOMEONE
+ INFINITIVE
She got me
to send her letter
We get her to go
with us
They will get him to fix
the phone
I want
to get them to help
me tonight
2. SUBJECT + GET + SOMETHING + PARTICIPLE
They want
to get their money exchanged for
dollars
He gets his car fixed first
I will
get the house painted next week
We got our
tasks typed
D. Causative
HELP
1. SUBJECT + HELP + SOMEONE + VERB
WORD
She helps him translate the book
They help me type my
paper
I helped her do the
laundry
We want
to help his mother cook some rice
2. SUBJECT + HELP + SOMEONE + INFINITIVE
She helps him to translate the
boo
They help me to type my paper
I helped her to do the
laundry
We want
to help his mother to cook some rice
E. Causative
LET
1.
SUBJECT + LET + SOMEONE + VERB WORD
She lets
her mother go alone
We won’t
let the students cheat in examination
I let my daughter study English actively
All lecturers don’t let the
students come to the class late
2.
SUBJECT + LET + SOMETHING + VERB WORD
I let the telephone ring
She won,t
let the machine cool
We want
to let the cleaner work
They let
the iron heat
EXERCISES:
Correct the sentence if it is
false!
1. Do you think we can get George takes us to
USA
2. She wants to get the house paint before
getting married
3. I really want to get someone fixing the
telephone right away
4. Are you going to make your son work part time
in the store?
5. Mrs. Susan made us type up our weekly
assignment
6. What time do you usually make your baby take
a nap?
7. Does she want to have a tooth fill?
8. She is going to have her lawyer change her
will
9. Do you mind if you let us borrow your new
English dictionary?
10. Why did he let his grandmother go to the bank
alone/
11. Would you like to let his grandmother go to
the bank alone?
12. Don’t you usually help each other studying
for the test?
13. This book should help me improve my English
profiency.
14. Did the headmaster let you do the
investigation of your research?
15. Have you had your temperature taken yet?
16. Professor Ben let us to write our task
17. Nadia makes everyone do her share around the
house.
18. Everyone helps the students develop their
English ability
19. Don’t let him visit the top of the mountain
of himself
20. My English teacher wants to help the students
improve English skill.
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