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“English is not everything but it’s needed for everything” – Piyas Das (ইংরেজি সবকিছু নয়, কিন্তু সবকিছুর জন্য ইংরেজি প্রয়োজন) A Love of Learning…

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE : GRAMMAR for all COMPETITIVE EXAMS & SPOKEN ENGLISH : Public Speaking (Diploma in
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 The English Club
“English is not everything but it’s needed for everything” – Piyas Das (ইংরেজি সবকিছু নয়, কিন্তু সবকিছুর জন্য ইংরেজি প্রয়োজন) A Love of Learning…

Causative verb In short Causative verbs indicate the reason something happened. They
show that the subject got someone or something else to do something for
Definition of Causative verbs
them.
It shows that somebody or something is indirectly responsible for an
List of causative Verb
action. "The subject does not perform the action itself, but causes
Eat – Feed
someone or something else to do it instead Learn – Teach
Rise – Raise
See – Show
Know – Inform
Remember-Remind
Verbs that have no causative verb can be made causative verb using the following words Make, Let, Have, Get, Help

Ex: I get the boy to wash the car. Ex: I made the machine work.
Ex: I get the washing machine to wash my cloth. Ex: The teacher makes us work very hard.
Ex: I have the man cleaned the room. Ex: The doctor made the patient take the medicine
Ex: I have my friend separated from our group Ex: I help him do the work.
Ex: I got my sister admitted in the University. Ex: I help him to do the work
Ex: He does not make the tree grow up easily

Make suggests the use of force (physical, psychological, etc.). Get suggests the use of persuasion or encouragement.
Let is synonymous with “allow” or “permit.” Help is synonymous with “assist” or “aid.”
Have is less forceful than make; it implies engaging or employing someone to do something.

 “My mom is making me go to Skylark The English Club this summer.”  “Lisa got Henry to pick her up”
 “Don’t make me reveal all your secrets”  “The presentation got me thinking about my own life choices.”
 “She made her girlfriend buy her a different ring.”  “My friend helps me to do it”
 “My father let me come to the party!”  “I will help you clean this room”
 “My boss is letting me attend the online Spoken class for half of the week.”  “I would like to help you win this election.” (most common)
 “I hope the teacher lets us sit together on the bus.”  “I would like to help you to win this election.” (acceptable, but much less
 “I’ll just have my assistant get us some coffee.” common)
 “He’s having the kids clean the dishes tonight.”  Causative verbs with modals
 “Mary had her mother make her wedding dress.”  “You should have your hair cut. “
 “The boss had us working late again this week.”  “He should have his clothes ironed.”
 “The instructor had the class dancing for over an hour!”  “I will make you finish the task”
 “The test had me crazy”  “The teacher would help her students to study English”
 “The school bus had me late”  “I get the car washed before the wedding.”
 “I got her to do my homework”  “You’ll get your dinner cooked by me”
 “The teacher gets his students to read more”  “We’re having the house painted this week.

1. Let + person/thing + verb 1. Let: Allow, permit

2. Make + someone/something + 2. Make: Force, require

infinitive

3. Have + someone + infinitive 3. Have: Give responsibility to

4. Get + someone + to + infinitive 4. Get: Convince or trick

5. Help + Someone + to + infinitive 5. Help: Someone or

something to do something:

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE : GRAMMAR for all COMPETITIVE EXAMS & SPOKEN ENGLISH : Public Speaking (Diploma in Communication)
WBCS : SSC : RAIL: BANK : CGL : CHSL : PSC : MTS : WB Police: FOOD SI: Group-D : All Defence Exams: TET : SLST: CTET
SM 324 Tuition For B.A Honours in English (Major) & M.A (IGNOU/Kalyani/Calcutta/NSOU) +91 8617648769, 9749670799