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Causative Verbs

Causative Verbs. Let / Make / Have / Get. What ON EARTH are Causative Verbs??????. A causative verb is a verb that ‘causes’. Examples. He had them review the case. (=caused) I got my friend to go skydiving with me! (=convinced) He let me borrow his Lamborghini. (=allowed)

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Causative Verbs

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  1. Causative Verbs Let / Make / Have / Get

  2. What ON EARTH are Causative Verbs?????? • A causative verb is a verb that ‘causes’. • Examples. • He had them review the case. (=caused) • I got my friend to go skydiving with me! (=convinced) • He let me borrow his Lamborghini. (=allowed) • My teacher made me redo the homework!  (=forced)

  3. Let • Meaning: This construction means "to allow someone to do something.” • Form: [ let + person + verb ] • Examples: - John let me drive his new car. - Will your parents let you go to the party? - I don't know if my boss will let me take the day off.

  4. Make • Meaning/Use: This construction means "to force someone to do something.” • FORM • [make + person + verb] • Examples: • My teacher made me apologize for what I had said. • Did somebody make you wear that ugly hat? • She made her children do their homework.

  5. Have • Meaning/Use: “To give someone the responsibility to do something” • FORM • [have + person + verb] Examples: - Dr. Smith had his nurse take the patient's temperature. - Please have your secretary fax me the information. - I had the mechanic check the brakes.

  6. Get • Use/meaning: “This construction usually means "to convince to do something" or "to trick someone into doing something.” • FORM • [get + person + to + verb] Examples: - Susie got her son to take the medicine even though it tasted terrible. - How can parents get their children to read more? - The government TV commercials are trying to get people to stop smoking.

  7. Get vs. Have • Sometimes "get someone to do something" is interchangeable with "have someone do something," but these expressions do not mean exactly the same thing. • Examples: • I got the mechanic to check my brakes. (= At first the mechanic didn't think it was necessary, but I convinced him to check the brakes. • I had the mechanic check my brakes. (= I asked the mechanic to check the brakes.

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