Idleness

Sloth
Ineptitude
Laziness
Weakness
Shirk
 Grief
Weary
Overwhelmed
Have you met a lazy
person?
Have you felt overwhelmed
because of work?
 Have you felt so
weary to wake up?

Have you been

victim of sloth?
Have you lost so much
time in idleness?

Have you shirked

your tasks at home?
 Chris let me drive his
new car.
Ada made me clean his
room.
Roy had Janeth do his
homework.
Fanny got her friend to
cook the dinner.
LET = to allow someone
to do something
[let + person + verb]
made = to force someone
to do something
[make + person + verb]
 haD = to give someone the
responsibility to do something
[have + person + verb]
get = to convince
someone to do something
[get + person + to + verb]
You are very tired because of all the job during the week. On
Saturday you don’t want to do anything.

Ask to 5 different people to do something

for you.
1. She __________ that he wouldn’t tell anyone.

a) made him promised

b) made him promise
c) promised to make

2. Does your tooth still hurt?

Yes, I have to get a dentist __________ soon.

a) look at it
b) to get it looked at
c) to look at it
3. I had Tommy __________ a couple of days ago.

a) to fixe my bike
b) fixing my bike
c) fix my bike

4. I will not __________ with this!!

a) allow you get away

b) let you get away
c) to let you get away
5. Don’t __________ these things about you!!

a) let him say

b) let him to say
c) let him said

6. The movie __________ sad.

a) made to feel
b) made him feel
c) made him to feel
7. I get Susie __________ from my other address.

a) to forward my mail
b) forwarded my mail
c) forward my mail

8. Have your assistant __________ these letter

immediately!!!

a) to send
b) to be sent
c) send
9. He __________ yesterday.

a) had Mary to cut his hair

b) had Mary cut his hair
c) had Mary cutting his hair

10. The professor __________ early!!!

a) to let the students leave

b) let the students leave
c) let the students to leave
 I HATE LAZINESS
(Teacher’s handout)

Call it laziness, sloth, ineptitude, idleness, or whatever you like, but the idea of 1) _DOING_ nothing when
things need to be done is often considered to be a sign of weakness or shirking. Sometimes laziness
happens when you don’t want to 2) _FACE_ something, like a boring chore or a difficult confrontation
with someone. Other times, it might 3) _____BE____ because you feel overwhelmed and think the task
needs a whole team rather than just you. And then there are those times when you really just 4) _CAN’T_
be bothered. In any case, it’s simply not a desirable trait. Every time I face people like that, I really find it
difficult to stand 5) __THEM__. Let me tell you about my brother: he is a lazy man. He is always asking
everyone to help him. He makes my mom 6) ___WASH___ his clothes; even though, he has enough time
to do it. Besides that, he 7) ___GETS____ my dad to lend him money every week, and he never pays back.
He 8) _PRETENDES_ he has a grief, so that people do whatever he wants them to do. My older brother let
him 9) __TAKE__ his car. That’s the way he has his chores done. He doesn’t even pay to get his hair 10)
_CUT_. I just don’t know how to handle this situation.

1) DO DID DOING
2) FACE FACED FACES
3) BE WAS BEING
4) DOESN’T DON’T CAN’T
5)THEM THEY IT
6) WASHED WASH WASHES
7) GETS GET GOT
8) PRETEND PRETENDED PRETENDES
9) TAKE TOOK TAKES
10) CUTTING CUTS CUT
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. You can
only use from one to three words. (Teacher’s handout)

1. Sam’s parents wouldn’t let him have a pet.

 Sam’s parents wouldn’t allow HIM TO HAVE a pet.
2. Jennifer convinced Mark to look at their wedding pictures again last night.
 Jennifer GOT MARK to look at their wedding pictures again last night.
3. Professor Smith made each one of his students write an essay describing their future
goals in life.
 Professor Smith forced EVERY STUDENT TO write an essay describing their future
goals in life.
4. Professor Smith allow his students to use a dictionary while they were taking the test.
 Professor Smith let HIS STUDENTS USE a dictionary while they were taking the
test.
5. Jennifer hates opera, but Mark finally got her to see the new production of La
Boheme.
 Jennifer hates opera, but Mark finally CONVINCED her to see the new production of
La Boheme.
6. Sam’s mother was very busy last night, so she gave him the responsibility to cook
dinner for everybody.
 Sam’s mother was very busy last night, so she HAD HIM COOK dinner for
everybody.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. You can
only use from one to three words.

1. Sam’s parents wouldn’t let him have a pet.

 Sam’s parents wouldn’t allow _________________________ a pet.
2. Jennifer convinced Mark to look at their wedding pictures again last night.
 Jennifer _________________________ to look at their wedding pictures again last
night.
3. Professor Smith made each one of his students write an essay describing their future
goals in life.
 Professor Smith forced _________________________ write an essay describing their
future goals in life.
4. Professor Smith allow his students to use a dictionary while they were taking the test.
 Professor Smith let _________________________ a dictionary while they were taking
the test.
5. Jennifer hates opera, but Mark finally got her to see the new production of La
Boheme.
 Jennifer hates opera, but Mark finally _________________________ her to see the
new production of La Boheme.
6. Sam’s mother was very busy last night, so she gave him the responsibility to cook
dinner for everybody.
 Sam’s mother was very busy last night, so she _________________________ dinner for
everybody.