The document discusses causative verbs in English. It defines causative verbs as verbs that indicate one person causes another to do something, such as by asking, paying, or forcing them. The four causative verbs in English are HAVE, GET, MAKE, and LET. It provides examples of how each verb is used in the past, present and future tense, whether actively or passively, and what nuances each verb carries in terms of level of control or permission.

2. The causatives are the verbs that are used to indicate that
one person causes another person to do something for
the first person. Or one can cause somebody to do
something for him/her by asking, paying, requesting, or
forcing the person.
Subjects in causative verbs do not do the action by
themselves but someone else does it for them.
The causative verbs are: HAVE, GET, MAKE and LET.
Kausatif adalah kata kerja yang digunakan untuk menunjukkan bahwa satu orang
menyebabkan orang lain melakukan sesuatu untuk orang pertama. Atau seseorang dapat
menyebabkan seseorang melakukan sesuatu untuknya dengan meminta, membayar, memohon,
atau memaksa orang tersebut. Subjek dalam kata kerja kausatif tidak melakukan tindakan itu
sendiri tetapi orang lain melakukannya untuk mereka.
Kata kerja penyebab adalah: HAVE, GET, MAKE dan LET.
DEFINITION OF CAUSATIVE
VERBS

3. 1. Caroline had Jessy clean the bedroom (Past)
2. She always has her friend do her work (Present)
3. Jane will have Valentino take her to the airport
(Future)
4. I had my sister bring me a cup of tea (Past)
5. Rebecca has her brother mow the yard (Present)
6. I will have the maid cut the vegetables tomorrow
SUBJECT + HAVE (ANY TENSE) + OBJECT (USUALLY PERSON)
+ BASE FORM OF VERB + . . .
ACTIVE : HAVE (is used to give someone the
responsibility to do something.
CAUSATIVE VERBS: HAVE, GET,
MAKE, LET

4. 1. Rendy had his car washed (Past)
2. She always has her homework done (Present)
3. Alfonso will have his shoes polished (Future)
4. I had the engine repaired (Past)
5. I have my roof fixed (Present)
6. I will have the livingroom repainted (Future)
SUBJECT + HAVE (ANY TENSE) + OBJECT (USUALLY THING) + PAST
PARTICIPLE FORM OF VERB + . . . .
PASSIVE : HAVE
CAUSATIVE VERBS: HAVE, GET,
MAKE, LET

5. 1. Caroline got her sister to clean the bedroom
(Past)
2. My father always gets me to prepare his bag
(Present)
3. Natasha will get Renata to iron her clothes
(Future)
4. I get my brother to cut the trees (Present)
SUBJECT + GET (ANY TENSE) + OBJECT (USUALLY
PERSON) + INFINITIVE + . . . .
ACTIVE : GET (is used to persuade
somebody to do something)
CAUSATIVE VERBS: HAVE, GET,
MAKE, LET

6. 1. My father got his car repaired (Past)
2. My brother always gets his homework done
(Present)
3. Her sister will get her postcards posted (Future)
4. Robert got the kids cleaned their own bed (Past)
5. She gets her laptop repaired (Present)
6. I will get my motorcycle washed (Future)
SUBJECT + HAVE (ANY TENSE) + OBJECT (USUALLY THING) + PAST
PARTICIPLE FORM OF VERB + . . . .
PASSIVE : GET
CAUSATIVE VERBS: HAVE, GET,
MAKE, LET

7. 1. Richard made me beat that little child (Past)
2. They always make him do their home works (Present).
3. My mother will make me prepare for the dinner (Future)
4. She made me wash her car (Past)
5. The manager makes her staff work hard (Present)
6. She will make her daughter drink milk (Future)
SUBJECT + MAKE (ANY TENSE) + OBJECT (ALWAYS PERSON)
+ BASE FORM OF VERB + . . .
MAKE: MAKE is stronger than ‘have/get’. It
constitutes only one structure as it does not
take anything ‘PASSIVE’ as its object.
CAUSATIVE VERBS: HAVE, GET,
MAKE, LET

8. 1. Petrus let me escape the prison (Past)
2. My father lets me choose my future career (Present)
3. The teacher will let the students discuss among
themselves (Future)
4. She let me follow the competition (Past)
5. I let him drive my car (Present)
SUBJECT + LET (ANY TENSE) + OBJECT (ALWAYS PERSON) +
BASE FORM OF VERB +. . .
LET: ‘Let’ means ‘allow/permit’ but
the use of ‘let’ in the sentence is
different from these words.
CAUSATIVE VERBS: HAVE, GET,
MAKE, LET