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Understanding Causative Verbs Explained

Causative verbs express causing another person or thing to perform an action or be in a certain state. There are two causative structures - active and passive. The active structure uses verbs like "have", "make", and "get" followed by a bare infinitive or "to" infinitive to indicate who or what is causing the action. For example, "Peter had her friend return her book to the library" or "Rose get her son to tidy his room up".

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Understanding Causative Verbs Explained

Causative verbs express causing another person or thing to perform an action or be in a certain state. There are two causative structures - active and passive. The active structure uses verbs like "have", "make", and "get" followed by a bare infinitive or "to" infinitive to indicate who or what is causing the action. For example, "Peter had her friend return her book to the library" or "Rose get her son to tidy his room up".

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What is Causative???

Causative verbs express an action which is


caused to happen.

Causative structures indicate that one


thing or person causes another thing or
person to do something or be something.

Causative verbs can be similar in meaning


to passive verbs.
Causative verbs
consist of:

Get
Have (ask) Make (Force)
(Persuade)

There are two basic causative structures. One


is like an active, and the other is like a
passive.
HAVE
We use have something done to say that we arrange
for somebody else to do something for us.

1. The active structure:


S + have/has/had + O + Bare Infinitive (V1)
e.g.:
Peter had her friend return her book to the library.
George is having his father contact the officials.
My mother always has Jhon clean his shoes.
MAKE

Make (force someone to do something)


1. The active structure
S + make + O + Bare Infinitive (V1)

e.g.:
 The teacher made the students work in groups.
 I make you admit your mistakes.
 She makes me arrive early.
 They are making the man paint the house.
GET
Get (convince or trick someone into doing something).
1. The active structure:
S + Get + O + To Infinitive (To+V1)

e.g.:
 Rose get her son to tidy his room up.
 Who gets you to smile?
 I don’t get you to come to my house.

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