Causative Verbs ( Have, Get, Make)

 

Causative verbs - Have, Get, Make

 Have verbs= has, have had, having

Get = get, gets, got, getting

Make= make, makes, made, making

There are 3 causative verbs- have, get make

Look at these sentences:

The teacher gets the students to read the books.

My mother gets me to go to Dharan

I got Ankit to make a cake last week.

I got Mita to buy some apples in the market yesterday.

GET + AGENT + TO + V1

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I got my motorcycle repaired.

She gets her assignment done.

I got my house painted.

She got her clothes washed.

GET + OBJECT + V3

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I will my teeth cleaned here.

My sister had her house painted.

I had my food prepared this morning.

HAVE + OBJECT + V3

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Father has his son wear his shirt.

He has his brother carry a bag.

Smith had Jacques fetch some water.

They have a painter paint their room.

HAVE + AGENT + V1 

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Kiran made us tell a story.

We made the gardener cut the grass.

I made him pay for my broken glass.

He made the tiger run a way.

MAKE + AGENT + V1

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He was made to dance.

We were made to cut the grass.

I was made to pay for his broken glass.

He was made to run away by the tiger.

BE VERB + MADE + TO +V1

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Look at these six general rules/ formulae. 🔑

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Do you know object  or agent?

Exercise 

1. The people………the leaders keep their word. (has/ get/ make) 

2. The teacher gets the students…………homework daily. (do/ to do/ done) 

3. We have the mechanics………..our vehicles.( mend/ to mend/ mended) 

4. People get government………..them with jobs.( provide/ to provide/ provided) 

5. I had my car……………….( service/ serviced/ to service)

 6. People have engineers……….their houses( design/ to design/ designed) 

7. I have my coat………….(wash/ to wash/ washed) 

8. They got their photos………….( to take/ take/ taken) 

9. Please have your room………(to clean/ clean/ cleaned) 

10. They got their books……….( print/ to print/ printed) 

11. I have my chest………..(x-ray/ to x-ray/ x-rayed) 

12. Ram's grandfather………..a tailor to stitch his trousers.( made/ got / had) 

13. The teacher asked the students to get their hair.( trim/ trimmed/ to trim) 

14. She got the letter……(to type/ typed/ type) 

15 My father got me………in the garden.(dig/ to dig/ dug)