17 – 21

Causative verbs:
1. Have s/o DO s/t – have + A PERSON (me, you, him, her, us, them) + DO (BV) s/t

2. Make s/o DO s/t

3. Let s/o DO s/t

Let me introduce (BV)/explain TO YOU/

As soon as you know, please let me know

“Let it GO”/let it snow

She made me cry (BV)

She makes me cry every time I see her.
She will make me cry next time.

My boss had me call you.

I had the lawn mowed by the neighbor’s son – J’ai fait tondre la pelouse/le gazon …

I HAD the neighbor’s son MOW the lawn.

I made my son mow the lawn.

I had my mother, my cousin, my hairdresser, CUT (bv) my hair = to have S/O DO S/T
I had my mechanic REPAIR my car.
I had my brother-in-law REPAIR my car.
I had my mechanic’S brother-in-law REPAIR my car.

18, 19, 21:

To have SOMETHING DONE (pp)
He had the rooms redecorated.

To have S/T DONE (pp)

I had my hair CUT (pp).

I had my car REPAIRED (pp)/FIXED.
(To mow the lawn)
I had the lawn mowed.

The conditional = if clauses

First conditional = (IF+ present SIMPLE, future simple = will)

If I am
If you are
Example: If he comes, he WILL EAT some pizza.
S’il pleut, on ira au cinéma.
If it rainS, we WILL GO to the cinema.
If the weather is nice, we will go to the park.
Unless it rains, we will go to the park.

(hypothetical) SECOND conditional = (IF+ PAST SIMPLE, CONDITIONAL)

If I were you, I wouldn’t do that.
On dirait = We WOULD say
Que dirais-tu si je te disais que j’ai gagné au lotto ?
What would you say, if I told you (that) I won the lottery?

Si je gagnais au lotto, je m’acheterais un tigre.

I won the lottery, I would buy a tiger.

To advise, to recommend, to suggest + ING

She advised reading the homework thoroughly.

She recommended taking this class.
They suggested being on time.

TO ADVISE + S/O + TO DO S/T

WANT/ASK/WARN

She advised ME to read the homework thoroughly.

She told ME
She asked ME
She warned US to do the work thoroughly.

(OLD SUBJUNCTIVE) to recommend, to suggest, to insist

Recommend + SUBJECT PRONOUN (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) + BV
She recommended (that) + HE+ BE ON TIME.
She suggested YOU DO YOUR WORK.

She suggested (that) I work hard.

They suggested (that) we be on time.
He insisted

Despite + NOUN (the fact)/+ING = In spite of + NOUN/ING

Although we do the same work, her salary

Despite the fact that we do the same work, she gets paid more.
In spite of doing the same work/Despite doing the same work….

No matter + WHAT/WHEN/HOW/WHO/WHY/WHERE =
Any + ONE/WHERE/THING/TIME

Either X Or Y ….. + IS
Neither x nor Y …. + IS

Whether ….. + OR NOT

Whether or not it’s raining, I’ll go out.
Whether it’s raining or not, I’ll go out.

HOWEVER = NEVERTHELESS = YET