English Grammar : Causative

Learn Grammar | English Grammar : Causative | Causative are main verbs that cause people or machines to do things or cause things to change. They are listed below, presented from the most forceful to the least forceful : make, get, have, let, help. Remember that MAKE can be used as causative. In a causative, a person does not perform an action directly. The person causes it to happen bu forcing another person to do it.  

S	MAKE	Someone	Verb Word
His Mother	made	him	take	his medicine

S	Make	something	verb word
I	made	the machine	work

GET can be used as causative
GET has less force and authority than Make. 

S	Get	someone	infinitive
Let's	get	Rani	to go	with us

 

S	Get	something	participle
Let's	get	our car	fixed	first

Have can be used as a causative
Have has even less force and authority than GET.

S	Have	someone	verb word
My English teacher	had	us	give	oral reports

 

S	have	something	participle
I	want to have	this book	renewed	please

LETS can also be used as a causative 

S	Let	something	verb word
His mother	let	him	go	to school

Among the tree other verbs mentioned before, help as the least forceful.
 

S	Help	Someone	Verb word infinitive
He He	Is helping Is helping	Me Me	Type my paper To type my paper

 The causative verbs forms depend on the tenses.
Examples :
1. I will get my sister saw my shirt (simple future tense)
2. I had Rian bring us the report.
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