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    The document discusses the causative form in English and how it is used to talk about having someone else do something for you or about things that happened to you. It provides examples of using "by" to indicate who performed the action and "with" to indicate tools used. It also discusses direct and indirect objects and verbs that can take two objects, providing a list of common verbs that behave this way like "bring", "buy", "call", etc.

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    FER PINO

    THE TO TALK ABOUT ASKING OR


    PAYING SOMEONE ELSE TO
    DO SOMETHING FOR US.

    CAUSATIVE
    THE PERSON WHO DOES IT
    CAN ALSO BE USED TO TALK IS UNIMPORTANT OR
    ABOUT THINGS THAT OBVIOUS
    HAPPENED TO US
    THE CAUSATIVE AND THE
    PASSIVE

    We use BY to show who or what 'does' the action.

    We had our house painted by a local company

    We can use WITH to describe tools and equipment

    I've had my coat cleaned WITH a special chemical.


    DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS

    Some verbs can be followed by two objects:

    The writer read us a short story


    SUBJECT VERB O1 O2

    We can also say this with the objects in the opposite

    order, but we need a preposition FOR/ TO

    The writer read a short story to us.


    VERBS WHICH TAKE TWO OBJECTS

    BRING, BUY, CALL,


    COOK, COST, GET,
    GIVE, LEAVE,
    LEND, MAKE,
    OFFER, PASS, PAY,
    PLAY, PROMISE,
    READ, REFUSE,
    SEND, SHOW,
    SING, TAKE,
    TEACH, TELL,
    WISH, WRITE
    Thank you
    Have a great
    day ahead.

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