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Grammar
INSTRUCTOR: HAMIDI
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Causative
Verbs
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What’re Causative
verbs?
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The English verbs let, make, have, get and

help are called causative verbs because they
cause something else happen.

Examples:
• I had my hair cut.
• I made Ali talk to his father.
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Let = Permit sth to T
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happen
 Let + Person/Thing = Verb (Base form)
Examples:
• I don’t let my kids watch violent movies.
• Our boss doesn’t let us eat lunch at our desk.
• Oops! I wasn’t paying attention while cooking, I let the food burn.
 The past tense of Let is Let. There is no change.
Examples:
• They let me wash the car in the lake last month.
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 The verbs allow and permit are more formal ways
 With allow and permit we use TO + Verb
Examples:
• I don’t allow my kids to watch violent movies.
• Our boss doesn’t permit us to eat lunch at our desks.
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Make = Force or require sb to take an action T
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 Make + person + Verb (base form)
Examples:
• After Billy broke the neighbor’s window, his parents made him pay for it.
• The teacher made all the students rewrite their papers.
 When using the verbs force and require, we must use
TO + VERB
Examples:
• The school requires the students to wear uniforms.
• The hijacker forced the pilots to take the plane in a different direction.
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responsibility to do something
 Have + Person + Verb (Base form)
Examples:
• I’ll have my assistant call you to reschedule the appointment.
• The businessman had his secretary make copies of the report.
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to do something
 Get + Person + To +VERB
Examples:
• How can we get all the employees to arrive on time?
• My husband hates housework; I can never get him to wash the
dishes!
• I was nervous about eating sushi, but my brother got me to try it
at a Japanese restaurant.
• The non-profit got a professional photographer to take photos.
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Help = Assist someone in doing T
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something
 Help + Person + Verb (Base form)
 Help + Person + TO + Verb
Examples:
• He helped me carry the boxes.
• He helped me to carry the boxes. (more common)
• Reading before bed helps me relax.
• Reading before bed helps me to relax. (more common)
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