Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. My parents get / make me work at the family business after school.

2. My wife has / tells me pick up the kids after school.
3. I always make / tell my daughter to finish her homework before dinner.
4. My brother always lets / wants me to drive him places.
5. My girlfriend never asks / helps me to go dancing with her.
6. My brother is always trying to get / make his kids to do the chores.
7. My sister never asks / lets me use the computer.
8. We never help / want our Mom cook dinner.

Circle the correct answers.

1. My sister is always telling her kids pick up / to pick up the clothes in their bedroom.
2. My friend’s mother never lets him use / to use the car on weekends.
3. My parents usually make me do / to do my homework after dinner.
4. My brother’s wife is always asking him go / to go shopping with her.
5. Our grandparents usually want us visit / to visit them during the holidays.
6. My dad had me take / to take him to the airport.

Cross out the word that doesn’t work for each sentence.
1. My husband never lets / gets / makes me help him when he makes stir-fried chicken.
2. I had / got / told my children to eat steamed vegetables at dinner.
3. Did you let / ask / get your friend to stay for dinner?
4. The waiter let / had / wanted us try the smoked salmon before we ordered.

FAMILY GRIPES WITH THE VERBS:

(ASK / GET / HAVE / LET / MAKE / HELP / WANT / TELL)

let / make / help / have + object + verb:

a) My father won't let me stay out late.

b) My parents make me do my homework when I come home after school.
c) My brother never helps me (to) clean the bedroom.
Note: In conversation you can also say help me to do something,but this is much less
common.
d) My mother has me do my homework after school.

get / want / ask / tell + object + to + verb:

a) I can't get him to clean up our room.

b) My parents want me to study medicine.
c) I have to ask them to drive me to school.
d) My wife is always telling me to slow down.

Note:
I let him/her = I give him/her permission.
I make him/her = He/she has to...
I have him/her = I ask him/her, and he/she does the action.
I get him/her = I persuade him/her to...

LET'S PRACTICE:

I. Complete the sentences with suitable verbs and pronouns.

a) My kids play video games too much. I always try to do their homework before
dinner,but they play video games instead.

b) My mother won't use the car. I have to to drive me everywhere.

c) Our kids never clean the house. We can't even to clean up their own
rooms.

d) My mother is always to come home early. She come before midnight.

e) My parents to spend more time studying.

II. Fill in the blanks with the right verbs.

a) My parents have a catering business. They me to get involved in that,but I'm not
really into it.

b) It's your mother again. I'm busy now. Can you her call me back later?

c) My mom has always me to get married. But she has also pretty much me make
my own decisions.