CAUSATIVE

VERBS
 Let dejar

 Allow autorizar consentir

 Permit permitir
mi
Will your parents let you go to
the party?
Make forzar obligar.
 MAKE

My teacher made me

apologize for what I had
said.
His father made him wash the car
She made her husband help her to clean
the kitchen.
If she doesn't make her daughter eat
her vegetables, she won't eat them.
 Make someone do something is used to suggest
forcing someone to do something.
My boss made me rewrite the
report.
(I had no other choice but to
rewrite it).
Have contar con,
disponer de
 HAVE
'Have' as a causative verb
expresses the idea that the
person wants something to be
done for them. This causative
verb is often used when
speaking about various
services
 HAVE
I had the mechanic
check the brakes.
 Have someone do something is used to
suggest asking someone to do something.
Mr Wilson had his gardener cut
down his hedge.
(He asked him to do it and he did it.)
I have my oil changed once every three
months.
They had a company paint their house.
They had their house painted blue.
(Professional house painters did the
work.)
Get
Convencer , persuadir.

 GET
Iwill get my father to
install the lights.
(= persuade him to)
 Get someone to do* something is used to
suggest asking someone to do something.
My father got me to take him to the
airport.
(He asked me to do it and I did it).
 GET
Luisgot Helen to read
more.

How can parents get

their children to eat
well?
The pattern Get Active
S + get + complement + verb in infinitive
(any tense) (usually person) (to + v1)

Examples
1. Marry gets John to wash the car (simple present)
2. Marry got John to wash the car (past tense)
3. Marry is getting John to wash the car (present continuous)

The pattern Have and Get Passive

S + Have/ Get + complement + verb in past participle
(any tense) (usually thing) V3

Examples
1. James has/gets his shirts cleaned at the drycleaners
2. Pat is having/is getting her car repaired this week
3. Anna had/got her paper typed by a friend.
Causative verbs are used to indicate that one person causes a second
person to do something for the first person.
The causative are : have, get, make

• Have/ Get
the pattern Have active
S + have + complement + verb in simple form
(any tenses) usually person ( V1 )

examples
1. Marry has John wash the car (present tense)
2. Marry had John wash the car (past tense)
3. Marry is having John wash the car ( present continuous)
4. Marry has had John wash the car (present perfect)
5. Marry had had John wash the car (past perfect)
6. Marry will have John wash the car (future tenses)
Causative passive: Sujeto+get (got)
+objeto+verbo en participio pasado

I got my car repaired.

(Me compusieron el
coche.)
He got his telephone fixed.
(Le compusieron tu
teléfono.)
 MAKE

I CAN MAKE MY
SISTER HELP ME.
(= FORCE HER TO)
 Make→→ can be followed only by a clause in the active voice. It is
stronger than have or get. It means force.
The pattern Make/force
S + make + complement + verb in simple form
any tense v1

S + force + complement + verb in Infinitive

any tense to + v1

Examples
1. The teacher always makes the children stay in their class
2. The teacher always forces the children to stay in their class
3. The manager made the salesmen attend the conference
4. The manager forced the salesmen to attend the conference
5. The president is making his cabinet members sign this document
6. The president is forcing his cabinet members to sign this document
 Let →→ is not actually causative, it means allow or permit.
The pattern Let/ permit/allow
S + let + complement + verb in simple form
(any tense) v1

S + permit + complement + verb in infinitive

allow
(any tense) to + v1

Examples
1. John let his daughter swim with her best friend
2. John permitted/ allowed his daughter to swim with her
best friend
3. Dr Jones is letting the students hand in the papers
4. Dr. Jones is permitting/allowing the students to hand in
the papers
 Exercises
1. The teacher made Juan _______ (leave) the room.
2. Toshiko had her car _______ (repair) by a machine.
3. Ellen got Marvin _____ (type) her paper
4. We got our house _______ (paint) last week
5. Mark got his transcripts ______ (send) to the university
6. The teacher let Al _____ (leave) the classroom
 EXERCISES
1 My boss ……..me use the company car
to go to my meeting yesterday.
 2 He…….. me apologise to the team for
being late to the meeting.
 3 The team leader …….us all to give
some money for Joanna’s retirement
present.
 EXERCISES
1 My boss let me use the company car to
go to my meeting yesterday.
 2 He made me apologise to the team for
being late to the meeting.
 3 The team leader got us all to give some
money for Joanna’s retirement present.
 EXERCISES
4 Who….. you wear that stupid uniform?
It’s so ugly!

5 The doctor……. the nurse take my

temperature and blood pressure.

6 Will your wife…. you go to the football

game tonight, even though it's your
anniversary?
 EXERCISES
4Who made/had you wear that stupid
uniform? It’s so ugly!

5 The doctor had / made the nurse take my

temperature and blood pressure.
 6 Will your wife let you go to the football
game tonight, even though it's your
anniversary?
7 Some people……… supermarkets deliver their
groceries to their homes.

8 We…………. the cleaner empty all the bins.

9The soup was cold, so we ……..the waiter to

bring us some more.
7 Some people have supermarkets deliver their
groceries to their homes.

8 We had the cleaner empty all the bins.

9The soup was cold, so we got the waiter to

bring us some more.
1. Instead of buying a new bicycle, why
don't you have your old one ___?
  a)    to fix
  b)    fixing
  c)    fixed
  d)    fixes
1. Instead of buying a new bicycle, why
don't you have your old one ___?
  a)    to fix
  b)    fixing
  c)    fixed
  d)    fixes
2. Can you help me ___ my livingroom
next weekend?
  a)    to paint
  b)    painting
  c)    painted
  d)    paint
2. Can you help me ___ my livingroom
next weekend?
  a)    to paint
  b)    painting
  c)    painted
  d)    paint
3. My mom always makes me __ my
room on Saturday mornings.
  a)    to clean up
  b)    cleaning up
  c)    cleaned up
  d)    clean up
3. My mom always makes me __ my
room on Saturday mornings.
  a)    to clean up
  b)    cleaning up
  c)    cleaned up
  d)    clean up
4.My little girl wants us to let her ___
overnight at her friend's place.

  a)    to stay
  b)    staying
  c)    stayed
  d)    stay
4.My little girl wants us to let her ___
overnight at her friend's place.

  a)    to stay
  b)    staying
  c)    stayed
  d)    stay
5. We had our landlord ___ the broken
window.
  a)    to fix
  b)    fixing
  c)    fixed
  d)    fix
5. We had our landlord ___ the broken
window.
  a)    to fix
  b)    fixing
  c)    fixed
  d)    fix
 6. We got the computer guy ____
the new software for us.

a)  to install
  b) installing
 c) installed
 d) install
 6. We got the computer guy ____
the new software for us.

a)  to install
  b) installing
 c) installed
 d) install
 7.-
Your car engine is making
some strange sounds. Why don't
you have a mechanic ____ at it?

 A) to look
 B) looking
 C) looked
 D) look
 7.-
Your car engine is making
some strange sounds. Why don't
you have a mechanic ____ at it?

 A) to look
 B) looking
 C) looked
 D) look
 8.-We've got to get our neighbours ___
having loud parties every weekend.

 A) stopping
 B) to stop
 C) stop
 D) stopped
 8.-We've got to get our neighbours ___
having loud parties every weekend.

 A) stopping
 B) to stop
 C) stop
 D) stopped
 9.-  The students got the teacher ___ their
test until the following week.
 A) to postpone
 B) postpone
 C) postponed
 D) will postpone
 9.-  The students got the teacher ___ their
test until the following week.
 A) to postpone
 B) postpone
 C) postponed
 D) will postpone
 10.-I can't believe they allow
their dog ___ on their bed.

 A) sleep
 B) sleeps
 C) to sleep
 D) slept
 10.-I can't believe they allow
their dog ___ on their bed.

 A) sleep
 B) sleeps
 C) to sleep
 D) slept
 Fill in the blanks (clean)
 Jimmy had a servant …………  his
house. Jimmy had his house………… .
 Fill in the blanks
 Jimmy had a servant  clean his
house. Jimmy had his house
cleaned .
 Fill in the blanks (wash)
 Myparents don't want to wash
their car. They will get
someone ……….. it. They will get
their car …………..
 Fill in the blanks
 Myparents don't want to wash
their car. They will get
someone to wash it. They will get
their car washed
 Fill in the blanks (study)
 Hisfather always forces him
…..  hard. He's quite upset about
this.
 Fill in the blanks
 Hisfather always forces him to
study hard. He's quite upset
about this.
 Fill in the blanks (carry)
 The visitors made him …….. a lot
of luggages.

 Fill in the blanks
 The visitors made him  carry a lot
of luggages.

 Fill in the blanks (buy)
I don't know why they let her little
daughter ……………. a lot of clothes.

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I don't know why they let her little
daughter buy a lot of clothes.

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 His
wife permits him  ……….fast
food.
 Fill in the blanks
 His
wife permits him  to eat fast
food.
 Fill in the blanks
 Shemakes her
husband ……….. exercise.
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 Shemakes her husband  do
 exercise.
Fill in the blanks
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