CAUSATIVE

Have/get something done (have/get + object + V3)

I always have my car cleaned.

Susan has just had the rooms redecorated.
They never had the roof of their house repaired.
I will get my garage door fixed.
She has to have/get her shoes mended.

Make

1. A: He will put on his gloves, I hope.

B: I can’t make him put on his gloves!
You must make him do it.

Examples:
clean his bath, write to the Smiths, clean his shoes, change his socks, shave off his
beard, roll up the carpet, throw away his old boots, put away his tools, keep on his coats.

2.
A bank robbery

(all the customers) Leave the bank!

The robber made all the customers leave the bank.
1. (to everyone) Obey my orders!
2. (to the manager’s secretary) Pull down the shutters!
Lock the door!
3. (to the customers) Line up against the wall!
4. (to the staff) Lie down on the floor!
5. (to the manager) Hand over the keys of the safe!
6. (to one of the cashier) Take out the money! Pack it in my suitcase!
7. ( to the secretary) Phone for a taxi!
8. ( to the taxi-driver) Drive me to the airport!

3. In passive:

They made me do the exercise again. = I was made to do the exercise again.
1. They make you work hard in the army.
2. They made you promise not to do it again.
3. They’ve never made the children understand the importance of good manners. They’ve
always
allow them to do what they liked.
4. They don’t let you feed the animals in the zoo. If you break the rules, they may make you
pay
a fine.
5. You can’t make children learn things if they’re not interested. You have to let them find
out
for themselves what they like.
Get + person + to infinitive

Get: rábírni, rávenni valakit

E.g.: I see you’ve got a new television aerial on your roof. How did you do that?
I got Mr Robinson to put it up.

1. My watch keeps stopping. Have you any suggestions?

2. You need a new suit for the wedding. What will you do?
3. What did you do when your suit needed cleaning?
4. My television set doesn’t work. What should I do?
5. Do you ever take the bones out of the meat yourself?
6. What did you do when your roof leaked?
7. What did you do when you couldn’t move the piano?
8. I need that book tomorrow, but the library is already closed. Have you any suggestions?

Complete the sentences.

1. I ... my house painted. That is why there is all this mess.

2. I know my hair looks dreadful, but I ....it set tomorrow.
3. The hall was dark, so last winter we .... another window put in.
4. That dead tree is dangerous. We .... it cut down next week.
5. I can’t read Greek, so I ... the documents translated. My nephew is doing on it.
6. This suit looks new. You ... it cleaned?
7. If I were you, I ..... the bedroom redecorated.
8. I heard your car broke down last week. You .... it mended it yet?

Translation

1. Minden hónapban nem javíttathatjuk meg a tévét.

2. Mikor mosattad le a kocsidat?
3. Ezer éve nem csináltattam öltönyt.
4. Be fogjuk vezettetni a gázfűtést, hogy minden szoba egyformán meleg legyen.
5. A féket is meg fogom nézetni a szerelõvel.
6. Egy jó könyv mindig elfelejteti velem a gondjaimat.
7. Tudta, hogyan kell megdolgoztatni az embereit.
8. Gondolod, hogy le tudod szoktatni a dohányzásról?
9. Nem szeretek hagymát vágni, mindig sírok tõle.
10. A szomszédommal szereltettem fel az antennát, mert a szerelõ nem ért rá.
11. Kivel fogod megjavíttatni a tetõt?