Wednesday, 22 June 2022

E 10 11- 37 class- casuative verbs

 

Good morning.

We will get started at 8:30.

 

Today’s Agenda:

·      Causative verbs

·      Begin sentence combining

·      HW   Review Compare and Contrast Essay

 

Thursday

·      Finish Causal verbs

·      Continue sentence combining, homework exercises

·      Begin – compare and contrast essay

 

Friday

·      Continue sentence combining

Student examples from homework

·      Appositives

·      Continue – compare and contrast essay

·      Optional replacement test

 

 

Final week

Monday

·      Continue – compare and contrast essay

 

Tuesday

·      Final test – Compare Contrast Essay

 

Wednesday, June 29

·      No instruction

·      Marks day, final reports

 

 

VALUE

Quizzes      x/6               x/3

Tests           x/12            x/6

Essay          x/20            x/10

 

 

 

 

Causative Verbs

 

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

causation / cause.. cause and effect, stimulus and result

 

-something that makes something else happen

-chemistry – catalyst – chemical that causes another chemical to react

 

Both of the previous sentences contained causative verbs.

 

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

 

The most frequently used causative verbs are as follows:

 

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

 

get= it is expected

Farimah, could I get you to open the window? – polite command

 

I got my son to put his laundry away.

The manager got the servers to polish the cutlery.

get – there is an expectation that the person will be willing to do the thing

I will get you to put your phones away during the test.

 

force, compel – very very strong

The police officer forced the robber to lay on the ground.

The judge compelled the man to pay his child support.

 

Most commonly used ones: help, allow, invite, convince, hire, encourage, force, tell, ask.

We use these ones most every day.

 

GRAMMAR FOR CAUSATIVE VERBS:

These verbs are followed by a noun or pronoun followed by an infinitive ‘to go, to see, etc’

Examples:

Mei helped me to do my homework.

 

I help my friend to fix his computer.

help somebody do some action

 

The mother allows her son to play video games.

She allows her pet cockatiel to perch on the windowsill.

The mother allows her daughter to do homework. STRANGE

The mother allows/permitted her son to play video games.

The mother will allow her daughter to go to the sleepover.

ERROR

The mother allowed her daughter to went to the sleepover. XXX

The mother allowed her daughter to go to the sleepover. GOOD

allowed to go- causative, passive voice

She was allowed to go to the sleepover. PASSIVE VOICE

Am I allowed to rewrite the test? PASSIVE VOICE

 

I will invite my friends to come to my house.

I couldn’t convince my father to get a cell phone.

We hired a carpenter to build a new patio on our house.

I was hired to fulfill online orders. PASSIVE VOICE

Junko was hired to babysit every Wednesday night. PASSIVE VOICE

She encourages herself to be braver.

He encourages his daughter to go to university.

Winnie sometimes has to force her son to go to school.

You should force yourself to speak English every day.

I told my wife to buy herself something nice.

Mei tells her son to be a kind person.

Dave told his children to pick up their socks.

I will ask my friend to lend me his truck.

CONFUSED

borrow- take

lend- give/loan

 

Could you borrow lend me a pencil? XXX

Could I borrow a pencil (from you)?

 

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).

 

‘help’ can be used two ways:

help + infinitive OR infinitive without ‘to’

Mei helped me to do my homework.

Mei helped me do my homework.

I want to help my daughter fix her bicycle. – slightly more natural-sounding

I want to help my daughter to fix her bicycle.

 

have- ask/tell/request

I took my car to the shop. I had the mechanic change the oil and top up the fluids.

Sarah’s daughter is turning 11 next week. She is having a few friends come over to celebrate.

 

Thank you for having me (come on the show).

Thank you for having me (come over for dinner).

 

I am having a few friend come over to my place to watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

 

 

make-force

She makes him do his homework.

She makes him to do his homework. XXX

She forces him to do his homework.

 

I force myself to be polite to my sister’s husband.

I make myself be polite to my sister’s husband.

 

She made her son finish his project before he could play any video games.

She forced her son to finish his project before he could play any video games. force – sounds really strong

 

 

let – allow, just allow, no other causation

He lets his daughter use his camera.

He allow his daughter to use his camera.

I don’t allow my dog to sleep on my bed.

I don’t let my dog sleep on my bed.

She allows her tenant to smoke in the backyard.

She lets her tenant smoke in the backyard.

 

Doug allows Mei to borrow his truck whenever she wants.

Doug lets Mei borrow his truck whenever she wants.

Would you let/allow me use your phone for a minute?

let- more casual, friendly tone, relaxed

allow-stricter, serious rules, authority

You are allowed to smoke on school grounds.

 

 

let- only for nice things

Mei let her daughter ride her bicycle.

Mei let her daughter do her homework. NOT LIKELY

I let my son play Fortnite.

 

Let me know. Let me to know.

Allow me to get the door for you.

Allow me to get the bill. It’s my treat. It’s on me.

Let me get it.

 

Let’s go!  Let us go.

 

 

GOOD POINT: Only have, make and let are special.  No ‘to’

REMEMBER: Help can be used either way.

 

Are have, make and let important to know?

have = get to   She had the repair person fix the window. She got the repair person to fix the window.

 

make = force to ALTERNATIVES

He made the dog sit. He forced the dog to sit.

 

He made the dog sit.  ‘sit’ stays the same    make changes tense

He makes the dog sit.

He will make the dog sit.

 

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For homework, try five sentences that use causative verbs. Email them to me by tonight at 7.

 

help, allow, invite, convince, hire, encourage, force, tell, ask

help, have, make, let

 

We can share them tomorrow.

 

 

Essay work-

 

Five-paragraph essay- basic form, IKEA essay, go-to form

 

Different styles of essays:

Compare and Contrast Essays-

Read and review for homework

 

 

Ironman Race:

triathlon- three events

Swim- 3.9k

Bike- 180k

Run- 40k

 

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