Causatives
Definition: When sb/sth causes sth to happen we use ‘causative’. They are: make, get, have, let and help
Make: We use make as a causative when we insist or force sb to do sth.
Formula: Subject + make + sb + 1st form of verb + extra words.
Examples:
1. I make Asad bring water.
2. Teacher makes student switch on the fan.
3. I make my younger sister press my clothes.
4. She makes me teach her brother.
5. I don’t make my cousin sweep the floor.
6. Why do you make me teach?
7. I make him do things against his nature.
8. Doctor makes the patients take medicine.
9. Who makes you phone?
10. Who makes you bring movies?
11. Who is making you give presentation?
12. Who has been making you cook since morning?
13. Who made you send money?
14. Who will make you repair AC?
15. Who can make him lie?
16. Why do your parents make you study three hours a day?
17. Coach makes the players run five miles every day.
18. When I make a mistake, my teacher makes me try again.
19. I can’t make them stay here for another hour.
20. I haven’t been able to make him change his mind.
21. You should make your servant wash your car once in a week.
22. Your father should have made the plumber work even on Sunday.
23. My mother used to make us write one page daily for the improvement of our hand writing.
24. Teacher didn’t use to make us read the chapters in the class
25. I may make my driver drop you at your house.
26. Is she likely to make us stand here in the sunshine?
27. The manager may have made two workers stay for two hours.
28. I don’t want to make these people play from our side.
29. Do you want to make me put my signature on these documents?
30. He wanted to make these kids decorate the streets with buntings.
31. Did your mother make you wear that ugly sweater?
32. My teacher made me apologize to my mother.
33. She made her children do their home work.
34. Please don't make him tell a lie.
35. She made the children clean the room.
Get: We use "get" as a causative when we persuade sb to do sth. We can also use it when we convince sb to do sth or trick sb into doing sth.
Formula: Subject + get + sb + to + 1st form of verb + extra words.
Examples:
1. Get sb to bring water.
2. Get the kids to eat their lunch.
3. We get Asif to arrange function.
4. My mother is getting me to cut the cake.
5. I got my father to sign my progress report.
6. Did you get Julia to pack my suitcase?
7. She got her son to take medicine.
8. How can parents get their children to read more?
9. TV commercials are trying to get people to stop smoking.
10. He tried to get his son to take part in the competition.
11. I got the boy to mow our lawn.
12. She was getting me to do the dishes.
13. No one can get me to change my mind.
14. I couldn’t get John to vacuum the carpets.
15. He could have got me to teach in his school.
16. We could hardly get the guests to wait a little longer.
17. I couldn’t have got the principal to wait.
18. She may get her husband to bring more ice-cream.
19. Somebody may be getting Asif to mimic the principal.
20. Manager may have got the guard to announce for the missing child.
21. Why did you get your friend to smoke a cigarette?
22. She shouldn’t have got you to ride the bike faster.
23. I didn’t get anybody to whistle during the class.
24. It’s very easy to get kids to lie.
25. My elder brothers used to get me to pluck flowers in the absence of gardener.
26. We could hardly got Sara to ask question in the class.
27. You won’t be able to get the students prepare for monthly tests.
28. I used to get my neighbour to fix my bike.
29. I was trying to get him to stop smoking.
30. I tried a lot to get the child to stop crying.
Formula: Subject + have + sb + 1st form of verb + extra words.
Examples:
1. I have you cook food.
2. You have children keep quiet.
3. Do you have Asif wash clothes?
4. Why do you have your mother-in-law cook food?
5. I will have Asif write a letter.
6. I am going to have him clean the pool again.
7. She had me do her home work.
8. Have him call Asif.
9. I didn’t have him call you.
10. Please have Sally reply to my email at her earliest convenience.
11. I have just had Ali call the doctor.
12. Why don’t you have somebody drop your brother at school?
13. I have been having Ahmed deal with my clients for almost six months.
Have/Get:
Have something done and Get something done are both used to refer to actions which are done for the subject rather than by the subject. Causative verbs are used instead of passive verbs to show that the subject causes the action to be done.
The differences between "have" and "get" something done are that have is slightly more formal than get,and that get is more frequent than have in the imperative form.
Formula: Subject + have/get + sth/sb + Past Participle (3rd form of verb) + extra words.
Examples:
1. I get/have the oil changed in my car monthly.
2. I got/had my hair cut in a completely different style.
3. I am getting/having my house repainted.
4. I am going to get/have my DVD player repaired next week.
5. Are you getting/having your child vaccinated on Monday?
6. Have you recently got/had your car serviced?
7. When did you get/have your eyes tested?
8. She should get/have her tooth extracted/pulled out.
9. I am getting/having my jacket cleaned at a specialist cleaner’s.
10. The council has recently get/had the town hall rebuilt.
11. Last week I went to the doctor’s to get/have my blood pressure taken.
12. Next Saturday I am going to the vet’s to get/have my dog vaccinated.
13. Last year I saw the architect to get/have my new house designed.
14. She's getting/having her teeth fixed.
15. She has got/had another letter published in ‘The Times’.
16. I will get/have that report written by Friday.
17. When are you going to get/have that window mended?
18. The film in my camera is finished. I need to get/have it developed.
19. My beard is too long. Do you know where I can get/have it trimmed.
20. I'm going to visit a beauty salon and get/have my nails manicured.
21. I'll contact my office in Chicago straight away and get the contract faxed through to you.
22. I'm getting/having my offices redesigned.
23. Don't worry, Mr. Jones. I'll get/have a replacement printer sent to you immediately.
24. I need some photocopies. Do you know where I can get/have that done around here?
25. My car's filthy. Do you know where I can get/have it washed?
26. The sole has come off my shoe. I need to get/have it mended.
27. Where did you get/have your hair cut?
28. A Jeweler’s is a place where you can get/have your watch fixed.
29. A dry cleaner's is a place where you can get/have your suit cleaned.
30. A florist's is a place where you can get/have flowers delivered.
31. A hairdresser's is a place where you can get/have your hair cut.
32. A dentist's is a place where you can get/have your teeth checked.
33. An optician's is a place where you can get/have your eyes checked.
34. A garage is a place where you can get/have your car repaired.
35. I have got/had you taught.
36. We got/had the manager suspended.
37. Are you trying to get/have me punished?
38. How should I get/have you helped?
39. She may get/have us entrapped.
40. You wanted to get/have the body thrown in the river.
41. You should have got/had the thief dragged on the burning coals.
42. Why didn’t you get/have the plants watered?
43. I could hardly get/have my eyes tested.
44. Your room looks clean. You must get/have it swept and then mopped.
45. We used to get/have the workers trained for any kind of emergency.
46. My friend didn’t use to get/have him room dusted even after months.
47. What is the good of getting/having him insulted?
48. She didn’t want to get/have us embarrassed.
49. I will ask my father to get/have you appointed in his department.
50. They may have got/had him put behind the bars.
51. Asif must have got/had you terminated from your job.
52. Why should I get/have two seats booked to Lahore?
53. He shouldn’t have got/had the flowers plucked.
54. You should be getting/having your all books covered with plastic.
55. They must have got/had the sweets distributed among the children.
56. I forgot to get/have my elbow x-rayed.
57. How long has it been since you got/had your photo taken last?
58. I couldn’t get/have my copies checked.
59. We could only get/have two books issued.
60. Why don’t you get/have these knives sharpened?
Note:
If the verb refers to something negative or unwanted, it has the same meaning as a passive sentence:
Jim had his car stolen last night. (= Jim's car was stolen)
They had their roof blown off in the storm. (= Their roof was blown off in the storm)
*The construction can refer to the completion of an activity, especially if a time expression is used:
We'll get the work done as soon as possible.
I will get those letters typed before lunchtime.
* In all these sentences, we are more interested in the result of the activity than in the person or object that performs the activity.
Let:
We use “let” to mean “to allow sb to do sth”.
Formula: Subject + let + sb + (1st form of verb) + extra words.
Examples:
1. She lets me go.
2. His mother isn’t letting him go abroad to study.
3. You have let students come in the class although they were late.
4. Have I let you drive my car?
5. Did you let him go to the market?
6. I can’t let you take this responsibility.
7. Why should I let students go by bus?
8. We shouldn’t let the old man go without eating anything.
9. Teacher mayn’t let you come in the class after 5:05.
10. You could have let me help that poor man.
11. Doctors couldn’t have let the patient go alone.
12. Why can’t you let me try again?
13. Who will let you stay here?
14. How much money will you let me spend?
15. How many kids will the principal let me take on picnic?
16. Your father should have let you take admission at the university.
17. There is no harm in letting these beggars sit near the door step.
18. Mother mayn’t let you write your name on the book.
19. She didn’t use to let me listen to songs.
20. Did your father use to let you go out of the house after the sun down?
21. I don’t want to let anybody ask personal questions about my life.
22. Why did you let him talk to you?
Help:
We use “Help” as a causative when we help sb (to) do sth.
Formula: Subject + help + sb + (to) BFV + extra words.
Examples:
1. Help me open an account in City bank.
2. Are you really helping me publish this book?
3. You should have helped me start business in Karachi.
4. I can’t help you understand this point.
5. I didn’t promise you to help you get a job in PIA.
6. Who will help me recheck these report cards?
7. I have been helping Mr. Asif buy land for many years.
8. I can’t help you sell this house.
9. We don’t want to help police find escaped prisoners.
10. I may help you cheat in the exams.
11. My father will help me learn to offer Namaz.
12. She must have helped you make video of your song.
13. I should be helping the old man walk.
14. You should have been helping the kids put up the banners.
15. He could have helped you find an apartment in this area.
16. You never help anybody get a job in your firm.
17. Why are you helping her get new orders?
18. Nobody has helped me solve these questions.
19. Help me stand up.
20. Don’t help him jump over the wall.
21. Don’t help him balance the bike.
22. I was helping them get some place for their stall.
23. I helped him learn to take photographs.
24. She has been helping him get new orders for his printing press.
25. Your teacher was helping you sing the song.
1. I make Asad bring water.
2. Teacher makes student switch on the fan.
3. I make my younger sister press my clothes.
4. She makes me teach her brother.
5. I don’t make my cousin sweep the floor.
6. Why do you make me teach?
7. I make him do things against his nature.
8. Doctor makes the patients take medicine.
9. Who makes you phone?
10. Who makes you bring movies?
11. Who is making you give presentation?
12. Who has been making you cook since morning?
13. Who made you send money?
14. Who will make you repair AC?
15. Who can make him lie?
16. Why do your parents make you study three hours a day?
17. Coach makes the players run five miles every day.
18. When I make a mistake, my teacher makes me try again.
19. I can’t make them stay here for another hour.
20. I haven’t been able to make him change his mind.
21. You should make your servant wash your car once in a week.
22. Your father should have made the plumber work even on Sunday.
23. My mother used to make us write one page daily for the improvement of our hand writing.
24. Teacher didn’t use to make us read the chapters in the class
25. I may make my driver drop you at your house.
26. Is she likely to make us stand here in the sunshine?
27. The manager may have made two workers stay for two hours.
28. I don’t want to make these people play from our side.
29. Do you want to make me put my signature on these documents?
30. He wanted to make these kids decorate the streets with buntings.
31. Did your mother make you wear that ugly sweater?
32. My teacher made me apologize to my mother.
33. She made her children do their home work.
34. Please don't make him tell a lie.
35. She made the children clean the room.
1. Get sb to bring water.
2. Get the kids to eat their lunch.
3. We get Asif to arrange function.
4. My mother is getting me to cut the cake.
5. I got my father to sign my progress report.
6. Did you get Julia to pack my suitcase?
7. She got her son to take medicine.
8. How can parents get their children to read more?
9. TV commercials are trying to get people to stop smoking.
10. He tried to get his son to take part in the competition.
11. I got the boy to mow our lawn.
12. She was getting me to do the dishes.
13. No one can get me to change my mind.
14. I couldn’t get John to vacuum the carpets.
15. He could have got me to teach in his school.
16. We could hardly get the guests to wait a little longer.
17. I couldn’t have got the principal to wait.
18. She may get her husband to bring more ice-cream.
19. Somebody may be getting Asif to mimic the principal.
20. Manager may have got the guard to announce for the missing child.
21. Why did you get your friend to smoke a cigarette?
22. She shouldn’t have got you to ride the bike faster.
23. I didn’t get anybody to whistle during the class.
24. It’s very easy to get kids to lie.
25. My elder brothers used to get me to pluck flowers in the absence of gardener.
26. We could hardly got Sara to ask question in the class.
27. You won’t be able to get the students prepare for monthly tests.
28. I used to get my neighbour to fix my bike.
29. I was trying to get him to stop smoking.
30. I tried a lot to get the child to stop crying.
1. I have you cook food.
2. You have children keep quiet.
3. Do you have Asif wash clothes?
4. Why do you have your mother-in-law cook food?
5. I will have Asif write a letter.
6. I am going to have him clean the pool again.
7. She had me do her home work.
8. Have him call Asif.
9. I didn’t have him call you.
10. Please have Sally reply to my email at her earliest convenience.
11. I have just had Ali call the doctor.
12. Why don’t you have somebody drop your brother at school?
13. I have been having Ahmed deal with my clients for almost six months.
Have/Get:
Have something done and Get something done are both used to refer to actions which are done for the subject rather than by the subject. Causative verbs are used instead of passive verbs to show that the subject causes the action to be done.
They had their roof blown off in the storm. (= Their roof was blown off in the storm)
I will get those letters typed before lunchtime.
Let:
We use “let” to mean “to allow sb to do sth”.
We use “Help” as a causative when we help sb (to) do sth.
25. Your teacher was helping you sing the song.
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