2022-2023 CSKPHC Form 1BCD Grammar Exercise (2) – Causative (1)

Part A: Rewrite the following sentences in the causative:

1. Have you told the helpers to cook for your brother?
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2. The committee required all volunteers to do a questionnaire after the activity. (mention the agent)
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3. The manager is asking his team to suggest new ideas.
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4. The journalist submitted the news article right after the press conference. (mention the agent)
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5. The newly married couple requested the hotel to upgrade their room.
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6. We ought to hire a public relations consultant to help improve our image. (mention the agent)
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7. Can we employ someone as an assistant to finish all this paperwork?
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8. The babysitter fed the baby.
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9. The government are forcing the hospitals to close departments because of lack of money.
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10. I was absent last week so my colleague helped me write the report.
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11. I employed an electrician to check all my wires before I moved in.
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12. The waiter brought some juice for the children.
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13. I have arranged with the neighbours about feeding the cat while we are away. (mention the agent)
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14. Her television set needs to be replaced.
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15. I paid the man a lot of money for the repairs to the washing machine. * (mention the agent)
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