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Causatives
BY: Melissa Morán, Rebecca Romero, Carina Martinez, Andrea Roman, Ivan
Andalón, Ander Díaz y Karen Ruanova
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CAUSATIVES

To talk about actions that are done

for the subject of the sentence
rather than by the subject. have
and get can both
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COMMON CAUSATIVE VERBS
Contents

01 Allow 02 Make
expresses that someone is responsible expresses that someone is responsible
for allowing something to happen. for making something happen

03 Help 04 Have
expresses that someone is responsible expresses that someone is responsible
for helping someone else to do for having something done
something
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TYPES

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Direct Causatives Indirect
Causatives
These involve causing someone In these constructions, the
to do something directly. For subject causes someone or
example, "I made him clean the something else to cause the
room." action. For instance, "I had the
room cleaned."
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FORMULA

Using "Make": [Subject] + make + [person] + [base form of

verb]. Chapter 1

Using "Have": [Subject] + have + [person] + [base form of verb].

Using "Get": [Subject] + get + [person] + to + [base form of

verb].
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EXAMPLES

1. She made him clean the dishes.

2. He had his car repaired yesterday.
3. I got my hair cut at the salon.
4. They let their kids play outside.
5. The teacher allowed the students to leave early.
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