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Causative Verbs

Causative verbs
Causative structures indicate that one thing or person causes another thing or person to do
something or be something.
Examples of causatives
Have (give someone the responsibility to do something)
 I had John fix the car
 I had my hair cut
Make (force someone to do something)
 The teacher made the students work in groups
 Our boss made us work extra hours
Get (convince or trick someone into doing something)
 He got the mechanic to repair the machine.
 She got him to read more.
Let (allow someone do something)
 Jane let her son go out
 They let the children play in the yard
Other causative verbs include:
allow, help, enable, keep, hold, force, require, persuade

Basic causative structures


There are two basic causative structures. One is like an active, and the other is like a passive. These
examples use the causative verb "have":

Active Passive

I had John fix the car. I had the car fixed.

(I arranged for the car to be fixed by (I arranged for the car to be fixed by someone. We
John — I caused him to fix it.) don't know who, so this is like a passive.)

The active causative structure


This is the basic structure of the active form, along with some more examples:

Subject Causative verb Agent Action verb Object

Susan had her brother do her homework.

The police had the suspect stop his car.

We had the carpenter fix our window.


The passive causative structure
In the passive form, there is usually no agent. The action verb is in the past participle, and the object
comes before it:

Subject Causative verb Object Action verb

We had our door fixed.

Yukiko had her hair cut.

Sanjay had the windows cleaned.

Other causative verbs


All the examples above use the causative verb “have”. However, many other verbs can be used in
causatives. In the active form, som of these verbs require the action verb to have “to” before it. These
are some examples of the most common causative verbs.

Verb Meaning Form of Action Verb Examples

The robbers made us lie on the floor.


make force, compel plain form
[No passive form]

I got Jae Won to pick me up in the car.


get same as "have" "to" form
She got her hair cut.

I'll let you borrow my bike.


let allow plain form
[No passive form]

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