Презентация на тему "Causative verbs"

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  Causative Verbs

  Let / Make / Have / Get

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  What ON EARTH are Causative Verbs??????

  A causative verb is a verb that ‘causes’. Examples. He had them review the case. (=caused) I got my friend to go skydiving with me! (=convinced) He let me borrow his Lamborghini. (=allowed) My teacher made me redo the homework!  (=forced)

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  Let

  Meaning: This construction means "to allow someone to do something.” Form: [ let + person + verb ] 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

  Meaning/Use: This construction means "to force someone to do something.” FORM [make + person + verb] 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

  Meaning/Use: “To give someone the responsibility to do something” FORM [have + person + verb] 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

  Use/meaning: “This construction usually means "to convince to do something" or "to trick someone into doing something.” FORM [get + person + to + verb] 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.

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  Get vs. Have

  Sometimes "get someone to do something" is interchangeable with "have someone do something," but these expressions do not mean exactly 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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  Source: Focus on Grammar 4