What is Causative???

Causative verbs express an action which is

caused to happen.

Causative structures indicate that one

thing or person causes another thing or
person to do something or be something.

Causative verbs can be similar in meaning

to passive verbs.
 Causative verbs
consist of:

Get
Have (ask) Make (Force)
(Persuade)

There are two basic causative structures. One

is like an active, and the other is like a
passive.
 HAVE
We use have something done to say that we arrange
for somebody else to do something for us.

1. The active structure:

S + have/has/had + O + Bare Infinitive (V1)
e.g.:
Peter had her friend return her book to the library.
George is having his father contact the officials.
My mother always has Jhon clean his shoes.
 MAKE

Make (force someone to do something)

1. The active structure
S + make + O + Bare Infinitive (V1)

e.g.:
 The teacher made the students work in groups.
 I make you admit your mistakes.
 She makes me arrive early.
 They are making the man paint the house.
 GET
Get (convince or trick someone into doing something).
1. The active structure:
S + Get + O + To Infinitive (To+V1)

e.g.:
 Rose get her son to tidy his room up.
 Who gets you to smile?
 I don’t get you to come to my house.