Eng mix Causal verbs

Causative Verbs

Causative verbs make other verbs act.  They cause actions to occur.

Both of the previous sentences contained causative verbs.

“Causative verbs make other verbs act.  They cause actions to occur.”

I make my son wash the dishes.




The most frequently used causative verbs are as follows:

help, assist, allow, permit, invite, require, motivate, encourage, get, convince, persuade, hire, employ, force, compel, tell, ask.

tell
I told/tell/will tell my daughter to rest yesterday.
I told my kids to wash their hands.

encourage
I always encourage my students to read and 
(to) speak in English.
I encourage my daughter to play piano.
I encourage myself to keep running.
I encourage myself all the time to study hard.

hardly/hard
I work hard.
I hardly work.
I hardly passed my test.
I hardly slept last night.

I asked my sister to pick me up at the train station,
I asked my husband to give me a hand with cooking.

I forced my dog to take his medicine.
I forced my cat to eat a pill.
I am forcing the window to open/close.
I force myself to exercise one hour every day.
I force myself to stay calm when my kids are driving me up the wall. I try not to hit the roof.

You hit the roof. You lose your cool.

hire
The manager hired me last month to work at the hospital.
The student hired me to edit their paper.
She was hired to take care of the house when they were away.
The company will hire some new employees to paint the house.

The company will hire some new employees for painting the house. for another job.

invite
Shelley invited her sister to eat have dinner at her house.
Michelle invited him to spend time for a coffee.
Michelle invited him to spend time together.
Michelle invited him to have/grab some coffee. 
I invited Graham to come celebrate Pino's birthday.
Fedra invited Amir over to have a coffee.
I asked him over.
Kai was asked (by Jason) to go to a sleepover. passive voice

allow
I allowed my friend to drive my car.
I allow my son to play video games for one hour after his homework is done.
I allow my son to go to his friend's house.
I don't allow my son to go out after dark.
She allows herself to eat a little bit of chocolate.

inspire - want to follow a great role model
My mom inspires/d me to be a good parent.

Greta Thunberg inspires many people to save the environment.
Malala Yousafzai inspired the world to protect girls' education.

Nobel Peace Prize 

Marie Kondo inspired me to clean up my drawers.









These verbs are followed by a noun or pronoun followed by an infinitive.

“She allows her pet cockatiel to perch on the windowsill. “Wehired a carpenter to build a new patio on our house."
“I help my friend to fix his computer.”



Four other causative verbs do not follow this pattern.  The causative verbs help, have, make and let are followed by a noun/pronoun and the base form of the verb (which is actually an infinitive with the "to" left off).

"I help my wife to clean the house."
"I help my wife to clean the house."


“She makes him to do his homework.”
"I make my dog lie down when the doorbell rings."
“He lets his daughter use his camera."
let = allow

"(You) Let me to see my schedule."
"Let me go."


“The boy helps his mother fold the laundry."
“The boy helps his mother to fold the laundry."

Notice help can be used either way.