1. Page 284: Causative verbs
A small group of verbs that are about causing
something:
2. Get someone to do something
(get + object + infinitive)
Help someone to do something
Help + object + infinitive
OR Help someone do something
Help + object + base form
(same meaning, both are
correct)
4. Let somebody do something
(Let + object + base form)
= Allow/permit somebody to do
something
(Notice that “allow” and
“permit” use the infinitive.)
5. Make somebody do something
(Make + object + base form)
+ force somebody to do
something OR cause something
to happen
(Notice that “force” and “cause”
use the infinitive.)
6. Have somebody do something
(Have + subject + base form)
= Give a job to somebody to do.
(I didn’t have time to pick up
the kids at school, so I had my
friend do it for me.)
8. 1. When I was a child, my
parents didn’t let me talk to
strangers.
9. 2. When I was a child, my
parents made me do my
homework.
10. 3. During a test, the teacher
doesn’t let us talk to each
other.
11. 4. The teacher often has us
use the textbook during
tests.
The teacher often has us
give in homework at time.
The teacher often has us do
exercises.
12. 5. My parents helped me to
pay my bills last year OR
My parents helped me pay
my bills last year.
16. 1. to help
2. to do
3. to know/to learn/to discover/to
find out
4. to find/to have/to get
5. to ask/to beg
6. to help
7. to go
8. to give/to share/to deliver
9. to have
10. to have
