Causative verbs.

1. Question!
Do you fix your own car?
A) Yes
B) No
If not, then who does it?

2. Question!
Do you cut your own hair?
A) Yes
B) No
If not, then who does it for
you?

3. CAUSATIVE VERBS

4. Causative Verbs
A causative verb is used to indicate that someone causes
someone else to do something.
Note: With causative verbs, there are tow subjects(the causer and the
doer).
Structure:
The causer + causative verb + the doer + full infinitive/bare infinitive + object/complement.
Example:
1. He gets his brother to do his homework.
2. He made his brother buy a car.

5. Causative Verbs and their meanings
Let: permit or allow someone to do something
Make: force or require someone to do something
Have: convince, give someone a responsibility to do
something
Get: request, convince someone to do something
Help: assist someone to do something

6. STRUCTURE
Let
Make
+ Bare Infinitive (without too)
Have/Has
Help
Get
+ Full Infinitive (with to)
Help

7. Examples
Let: She let them play outside.
Make: I made Laila polish my shoes.
Have: She will have her husband wash the clothes.
Help: I help the students learn English.
Get: She will get her children to go to school.
Help: I help the students to learn English.