Causative

Verbs
Mr. Oliveira
2023
causative verbs

action verbs that indicate

 to let  to get

that a 3rd person will

• deixar / permitir • fazer / obrigar / conseguir

perform an act in favor of  to make  to want

the speaker, that is, the • fazer / obrigar • querer

speaker will somehow feel  to help  to ask

the result of that action • ajudar • pedir / perguntar
 to have  to tell
hence the reference to • ter • contar / dizer
“cause”: you cause  to need
someone to do something
• precisar
for you
causative verbs
 I usually let my kids stay out late.
• Geralmente deixo meus filhos
ficarem até tarde fora.
 She always makes them do the
dishes.
• Ela sempre faz eles lavar as louças.
 Do they have their hair cut at the
barber?
• Eles cortam seus cabelos na
barbearia?
• (Eles têm seus cabelos cortados na
barbearia?)
direito (certo, correto): right / correct
direito (estudo, graduação): law (lei)
 He doesn’t get his kids to help him
with his tasks.
• Ele não faz os filhos dele o
ajudarem com suas tarefas.
 My wife is always telling me to quit
smoking.
• Minha esposa está sempre me
dizendo para parar de fumar.
 Do your parents want you to study
law?
• Seus pais querem que você estude
direito?
causative verbs
 You don’t need to ask me to go to
the bank for you.
• Você não precisa me pedir para ir
ao banco para você.
 Do her kids help her clean the
house?
• Os filhos dela a ajudam a limpar a
casa?
 They never help him wash the car.
• Eles nunca o ajudam a lavar o carro.
 Did he ask his friend to help him?
• Ele pediu aos seus amigos para o
ajudar?
 We didn’t tell them to stop
drinking when driving.
• Não falamos para eles pararem de
beber quando estiverem dirigindo.
 The cops let the robbers get away.
• Os policiais deixaram que os
bandidos escapassem.
causative verbs

 The girls had their nails done before the wedding.

• As garotas tiveram suas unhas feitas antes do casamento.
 Do you make your kids study hard?
• Você faz seus filhos estudarem bastante?
 They asked their parents to do the grocery shopping.
• Eles pediram para seus pais fazerem a feira.
 She tells her boyfriend to call her often.
• Ela diz a seu namorado para ligar pra ela frequentemente.
causative verbs
conversation practice
Ray: Yesterday was a hard day for me at school.
Larry: My mom made me help her with the chores.
R: Oh, don’t say that! My parents are always asking me to do the chores.
L: And then, they didn’t let me go to the manicure to get my nails done.
R: Are you kidding? We must get our nails done because we’re going to the party
on Friday. I’ll try to have the manicure come over.
L: That’d be fantastic.
R: By the way, let me use your phone to ask them to come.
causative verbs
conversation practice
Bella: Claire, why didn’t you call me last night?
Claire: I’m sorry, Bella. My boss asked me to work overtime and I didn’t get the
chance to make a phone call to you.
B: Oh, I understand. Why did he ask you to stay late?
C: Because some of our customers told him if we don’t deliver the project on time,
They will have to get another company to supply them.
B: Well, They’re tough to deal with.
C: Yes, and then they wanted me to help them accomplish the job well.
read the statements below and identify the
causative verbs presented
 My parents have their own company. You know, They sell all different kinds of
bottled water. And they want me to get involved in that and be part of it. Like,
my mom wants me to learn more about bottled water and everything. I’m not
really into it but... mom says she’ll teach me all about it when I finish college.
She really wants me to work with her.
read the statements below and identify the
causative verbs presented
 I’m an engineering student. School’s good, but it’s difficult, you know? I mean, I
have classes and then I work part-time too, so I never seem to have much time
for anything else. My parents are always complaining because they don’t see
me very often. I mean, they get me to go home for every holiday, but they also
want us to talk more on the phone, like once a week, too.
read the statements below and identify the
causative verbs presented
 I really must do some thinking about what I’m going to do with my life. You see,
I want to see the world before I get a real job. I’ve never got the chance to go
anywhere. But my parents always let me make my own decisions, like, they
didn’t make me go to college or anything. The only thing they worry about is
that I won’t find someone, and they won’t have grandchildren, you know, that
I’ll never settle down and have kids. They’re always telling me to think about the
future.
read the statements below and identify the
causative verbs presented
 My parents are trying to get me to go back to Toronto – they really want me to
be closer to them. They’re getting older, you know, and they don’t want me to
live too far away. When I visit them, they have me fix things around the house
and help. So yeah, it’d be good to be like an hour’s drive from them or
something. I told my mom I was thinking of moving, and she said, “Oh great. I’ll
help you find a nice apartment near here.” And I said, “Mom, I don’t mean I’m
going to be your neighbor!”.
read the statements below and identify the
causative verbs presented
 I’m in a rock band, you know. I play the drums. We perform almost every
weekend at clubs around town. It’s fun! My parents are ok with it.... After all,
they paid for my music lessons when I was a kid, and made me practice, too!
But they don’t like how I look, I mean, my clothes, and long hair and everything.
They just don’t think I dress well, so they’re always trying to get me to change
the way I look.
translate the sentences below into affirmative
(+), negative (-) and interrogative (?) forms
 Meus pais deixam que eu fique fora até tarde.
 My parents let me stay out late.
 My parents don’t let me stay out late.
 Do my parents let me stay out late?
 Eles me fazem voltar para casa às 10hs.
 They make me come back home at 10am.
 They don’t make me come back home at 10am.
 Do they make me come back home at 10am?
translate the sentences below into affirmative
(+), negative (-) and interrogative (?) forms
 Rebecca faz seus filhos limparem a casa todos os dias.
 Rebecca makes her kids clean the house every day.
 Rebecca doesn’t make her kids clean the house every day.
 Does Rebecca make her kids clean the house every day?
 Meus pais querem que eu estude engenharia.
 My parents want me to study engineering.
 My parents don’t want me to study engineering.
 Do my parents want me to study engineering?
translate the sentences below into affirmative
(+), negative (-) and interrogative (?) forms
 Meu irmão deixa que eu fique com o controle remoto.
 My brother lets me keep the remote control.
 My brother doesn’t let me keep the remote control.
 Does my brother let me keep the remote control?
 Minha esposa me pede para dirigir devagar.
 My wife asks me to drive slowly.
 My wife doesn’t ask me to drive slowly.
 Does my wife ask me to drive slowly?
translate the sentences below into affirmative
(+), negative (-) and interrogative (?) forms
 Minha mãe conseguiu me fazer comer os vegetais.
 My mom got me to eat the vegetables.
 My mom didn’t get me to eat the vegetables.
 Did my mom get me to eat the vegetables?
 let

go

get

use

want

to get

have

help

to be

let
complete the sentences with your own
information
 My boss always wants me to...
 My wife often asks me...
 The teacher sometimes has us...
 I always tell my friends...
 I never get my relatives to...
 Grandparents should let their grandchildren...
 My neighbors sometimes help me...
 I can’t get my co-workers...
 I always get someone to help me...
lesson 09
causative verbs
let
 form
 let + person + verb
 use
 This construction means "to allow someone to do something."
 examples
 John let me drive his new car.
 Will your parents let you go to the party?
 I don't know if my boss will let me take the day off.
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make
 form
 make + person + verb
 use
 This construction means "to force someone to do something."
 examples
 My teacher made me apologize for what I had said.
 Did somebody make you wear that ugly hat?
 She made her children do their homework.
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have
 form
 have + person + verb
 use
 This construction means "to ask or give someone the responsibility to do something."
 examples
 Dr. Smith had his nurse take the patient's temperature.
 Please have your secretary fax me the information.
 I had the mechanic check the brakes.
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get
 form
 get + person + to + verb
 use
 This construction usually means "to convince, trick or persuade someone to do
something"
 examples
 Susie got her son to take the medicine even though it tasted terrible.
 How can parents get their children to read more?
 The government TV commercials are trying to get people to stop smoking.
lesson 09
causative verbs
get vs. have
 Sometimes "get someone to do something" is interchangeable with "have
someone do something," but these expressions do not mean the same thing.
 examples
 I got the mechanic to check my brakes.
• At first the mechanic didn't think it was necessary, but I convinced him to check the brakes.
 I had the mechanic check my brakes.
• I asked the mechanic to check the brakes.
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let
made

get

had
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let

got

made

had
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That’s all for today!
See you next class 😉