CAUSATIVES

CAUSATIVES

make/let/have/get (Active and Passive)

USE

We use causatives when a subject causes someone or something to do something. The most common causative verbs are make, get, let, and have.

CAUSATIVE VERBS

MAKE

GET

We use make when someone forces or causes someone to do something.

We use get when someone is persuaded to do something.

HAVE

LET

We use let when we permit or allow something.

We use have when we give the responsibility of doing something to someone else.

CAUSATIVE VERBS

MAKE

GET

She made the stylist cut her hair.

She got her hair cut by a new stylist.

HAVE

LET

He lets his children play video games 8 hours a day on the weekends.

He had the car repaired by his regular mechanic.

FORM

ACTIVE CAUSATIVE

• Subject + have/let/make + Object Indirect + Base verb + Object Direct

PASSIVE CAUSATIVE

• Subject + have/get/let + Object Direct+ Past Participle + Object Indirect