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Causative Verb: by Madan Sharma Nexus International Academy

Causative verbs express actions that cause something or someone else to do an action. There are three main causative verbs: have, make, and get. With have, the subject arranges for someone else to perform an action. With make, the subject forces or compels someone to perform an action. With get, the subject convinces or tricks someone into performing an action. Causative verbs can be used in both active and passive structures.

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Causative Verb: by Madan Sharma Nexus International Academy

Causative verbs express actions that cause something or someone else to do an action. There are three main causative verbs: have, make, and get. With have, the subject arranges for someone else to perform an action. With make, the subject forces or compels someone to perform an action. With get, the subject convinces or tricks someone into performing an action. Causative verbs can be used in both active and passive structures.

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CAUSATIVE

VERB

By Madan sharma
Nexus International Academy
What is Causative???

Causative verbs express an action which is


caused to happen.

Causative structures indicate that one


thing or person causes another thing or
person to do something or be something.

Causative verbs can be similar in meaning


to passive verbs.
Causative verbs
consist of:

Have Make Get

There are two basic causative structures. One


is like an active, and the other is like a
passive.
HAVE
We use have something done to say that we arrange
for somebody else to do something for us.

1. The active structure:


S + have/has/had + O + Bare Infinitive (V1)
e.g.:
Rita had her friend return her book to the library.
Ramesh is having his father contact the officials.
Mother always has Shyam clean his shoes.
2. The Passive Structure:
S + have/has/had + O + Past Participle (V3)

e.g.:
 Hari always has his shoes cleaned.
 Gita has her paper typed by you.
 Nita was having her hair cut.
 Roshan had the whiteboard erased.
 You had your car cleaned by Rama.
MAKE

Make (force someone to do something)


1. The active structure
S + make + O + Bare Infinitive (V1)

e.g.:
 The teacher made the students work in groups.
 I make you admit your mistakes.
 She makes me arrive early.
 They are making the man paint the house.
2. Passive structure
S + make + O + Past participle (V3)

e.g.:
 Tom makes the door opened.
 The lecturer made this chapter discussed.
 John is making her car repaired this week.
 Webster had made the floor swept.
GET
Get (convince or trick someone into doing something).
1. The active structure:
S + Get + O + To Infinitive (To+V1)

e.g.:
 Rose get her son to tidy his room up.
 Who gets you to smile?
 I don’t get you to come to my house.
2. The Passive Structure
S + Get + O + Past participle (V3)

e.g.:
 The students get the class dismissed.
 Mother gets the soup heated.
 Mary got her motorcycle washed.
 I wasn’t get these books arranged.
  Other causative verbs include:
1. Let (membiarkan)

e.g.:
S + Let + O + Bare Infinitive (V1)
- My sister lets me watch movie on Sunday.

2. Help, Allow/permit, Want, Ask

e. g.:
S + H,A,W,A + O + To Infinitive
- Ahmad helped his sister to do homework
(To + V 1)
Excercise

1. The Doctor made the patient….in bed. (stay)


2. Mrs. Crane had her house…. (paint)
3. The teacher made Juan….(leave) the room.
4. Ellen got Marvin …. (type) her paper.
5. Maria is getting her hair …. (cut) tomorrow.
6. We are going to let her …. (write) the letter.
7. She always has her car…. (fix) by the same medicine.
8. I have my hair …. (cut) today.
9. Mark got his transcripts ______ (send) to the university
10. The teacher made Juan _______ (leave) the room.

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