EF34 causative verbs

 

EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

Friday, you have no school. It is Professional Development.

 

Today’s agenda:

 

·      Causative verbs

 

·      Talking/Chatting

·      Video greeting 1:05 front step

 

 

 

Monday

 

·      Test#3- process paragraph

·      Continue verb tenses- example from yesterday

present perfect continuous

·      Begin adjective clauses – last kind of clause

 

 

 

 

small earthquake, shaking- a tremor

 

100 000 one hundred thousand

 

the Richter Scale 5.1, 3.6

 

 

tsunami – (Japanese word) big wave caused by an earthquake

 

nami-wave

tsu- ?

 

tidal wave- English word

 

 

 

 

Causative Verbs – a verb that makes another verb happen

Most commonly used ones: help, allow, invite, encourage, tell, ask, let

 

causative + infinitive “to ABC”

She helped me to fix the door.

Mei helps her sister to do her homework.

Help me to carry this, please.

Could you help me to carry this, please.

 

allow

I allowed my son to put his XBox in his room.

The city allows you to park on the street.

The parents allow their daughter to travel alone by train.

 

invite

I invite my friends to lunch. not causative

I invite my friends to have lunch.

I invite my friends to get together for lunch.

 

I had a breakfast. XXX

I had breakfast.

 

encourage

I would like to encourage you to get vaccinated.

She encouraged herself to try hard in school.

 

tell

I told you to put the dishes away. Why didn’t you do it?

You didn’t do it.

You are happy. Are you happy?

I told you to pick up the kids.

Don’t forget to tell/remind me to bring the document.

 

ask

I asked Mary to go shopping with me.

She asked me to go swimming on Saturday.

Tom asked me to marry him.

 

Different style

let + infintive – ‘to’, just like modals

let -allow

 

John allowed his friend to borrow his car.

John let his friend to borrow his car.

John let his friend borrow his car.

He let the doctor look at his eyes.

let  let  let

put  put  put

 

John let his friend borrow his car. simple past

John lets his friend borrow his car. simple present

John let his friend borrow his car last Wednesday. – always helpful to put a time indicator

John let his cat sit on his knee.

I don’t let my dog sleep on my bed, but I (do) let him sleep on the floor in my bedroom.

do – contrast to ‘don’t’, makes it sound stronger, emphasizing

Mohamed does not speak German, but he does speak Farsi and English.

I don’t like hockey, but I do like soccer.

 

For example, job interview:

Have you ever worked in a coffee shop before?

No. I have never worked in a coffee shop, but I did work in a restaurant.

 

I let my children watch TV, but I don’t let them watch TV over one hours time.

I let my children watch TV, but I don’t let them watch for more than one hour.

 

Try some on your own for homework. We can look at them on Monday.

 

 

Vocabulary from the drawings of the two men.

black jacket

 

suit and tie –

sport jacket – jacket and jeans

checked pants

UK trousers

bowtie  You tie a tie.

necktie- long tie

 

bowtie with tuxedo

 

moustache

beard

goatee

sideburns – Elvis Presley

 

mostly bald

combover –

 

suitcase- for travel, luggage

 

briefcase – for business

 

white shoes

 

glasses

stringy greasy-looking hair

checked jacket

white pants

spotted tie

polka dots

striped shirt

solid

black shoes

thin belt

stickers on the suitcase

looks unhappy

 

 

look sharp, well-dressed