Monday, 25 January 2016

EF4/5 12:45 Causative verbs

I hired a person to cut my dog's hair.
I will not hire a person to trim my puppy's hair.

She helped her son to take out the recycling.
She helps her son to take out the recycling.
She will help her son to take out the recycling tonight.

The personal trainer motivates her client to keep doing exercise.

She motivated herself to finish college.

My boss forced me to work this weekend.

I asked the man in the movie theatre to take his big hat off.

*get- ask/tell
I will get the plumber to install a new faucet.
His wife got him to pick up some milk.

The salesperson convinced the customer to buy his stuff.

The very nice teenager assisted the old lady to carry her groceries home.

I encourage my children to set realistic goals and work hard to meet them.

She told him to watch out for the brown grizzly bear.


help, have, make, let


I help you to move.
I help you move.

have=get
She had him fix the washer.
She got him to fix the washer.

I make my children to do their chores.
I get my children to do their chores.

*let=allow
I let my son do his homework. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
I let my son eat a tub of ice cream. MAKES SENSE

Don't let the puppy eat chocolate.
Don't allow the puppy to eat chocolate.

Don't let your children make friends with strangers on the internet.








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