Subject + Have/Make + Person +Past participle verb
• Causative structures indicate that one thing or person causes another thing or person to do something.
• Have (give someone the responsibility to do something) (pay money)
• I had John fixed the car
• I had my hair cut
•Make (force someone to do something)
• The teacher made the students worked in groups
• Our boss made us worked extra hours
•Get (convince or trick someone into doing something)
• He got the mechanic to repair the machine.
• She got him to read more.
•Let (allow someone do something)
• Jane let her son go out
• They let the children play in the yard
• EXERCISES
• Mrs.Brown had her house .................... (paint)
• The teacher had the class ....................... a 2500-word research paper. (write)
• I made my daughter ...................... the toilet before he could go outside to play. (wash)
• Donald got some children in the neighbourhood .......................... out his garage. (clean)
• He went to the bank to have a check ...................... (cash)
• Barbara stopped at the gas station to have the tank ..................... (fill)
• I got Alice .......................... me some money so I could go to a film yesterday. (lend)
• Mr. Campbell went to a doctor to have the wart on his nose .......................... (remove)
EXAMPLES
• 1. My house’s faucet is broken.
• 2. I don’t understand the math exercises.
• 3. My clothes are so dirty and I don’t know how to wash them.
• 4.Tomorrow it’s my mother’s birthday.
• 5.
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