Causative Verb

Causative Verb

            A causative verb is used to describe a situation in which the subject "causes" the object to do something. Causative verb phrase is divided into two kinds, active and passive. In the active sentence causative verb, the agent is doing the action is known. In contrast, the passive sentence causative verb, the agent is usually not mentioned. Let, take, have, and get are general causative verb is usually used. Some of them use action verb like bare infinitive ( infinitive without to) or to infinitive

Example :

1. Let 

Form : Subject + Let + agent/person + action verb, this costruction means to allow someone to do something.

a. Afrel lets me visit her house. 

b. I do not know if my father lets me drive the car.

c. They let you go to the party. 

d. Mr. Abdillah lets the students leave class early.

e. I let you to borrow my novel.

f. She lets them use her bicycle.

g. Atik lets me read her diary book.

h. Mrs. Welasan lets us play in the class.

i. My mother lets me to cook cake in her kicthen.

j. They let me go into the room.

2. Make/Made

Form : Subject + make/made + agent/person + action verb, this contruction means convincing or forcing someone to do something. 

a. Mr. Abdillah makes us work hard.

b. Someone made me wear this ugly dress. 

c. Afrel made her children do their homework.

d. Martin makes his sister give him the money.

e. Dr. Anka made me eat papaya every day.

f. I made afrel bring my shoes.

g. Sad movie make me sad. 

h. Mrs. Al made me apologize for what I had said.

i. The police made me stop my car.

j. The beggar made me give him money. 

3. Have/Had

Form : 

* Active : Subject + have/had + agent/person + action verb

* Passive : Subject + Have/had + object + acton verb (Verb 3)

this contruction means to give someone the responsibility to do something or want something is done by someone.

*Active

a. Afrel had me take her KRS.

b. Dr. Nanik had her patient drink the medicine.

c. The lecturer had the student keep silent in the class. 

d. I have Ajeng wash my room.

e. I had the mechanic check my motorbike.

f. The student had the teacher to speak slowly.

g. I had Afrel read my novel.

h. I have my friend text me to give me an information.

*Passive

a. Abid had my TV repaired. 

b. My mother had her money returned back.

c. I have my house renovated.

d. I have my house cleaned. 

e. Nanik had her car washed.

f. She had her radio fixed last week.

g. He had his book returned.

h. I had my food eaten

4. Get/Got

Form : 

*Active : Subject + Get/Got + agent/person + to + action verb

*Passive : Subject + Get/Got + object + action verb (verb 3)

This instruction usually means to convince to do something, to trick someone into doing something, or persuade someone to do something.

*Active

a. I got my mother to buy me a teddy bear.

b. Josh got her wife to taste his food.

c. Afrel got her daughter to drink the medicine.

d. My father gets me to follow ballet course.

e. The teacher got her student to read more.

f. I got Afrel to give her money to the beggar.

*Passive

a. Yordan got his money saved in the bank.

b. I got my room cleaned.

c. She got her bicycle returned.

d. I got my bag broken.

e. He got his glasses  broken.

Notice :

      Sometimes "get someone to do something" is interchangeable with "have someone do something," but these expressions do not mean exactly the same thing.

Examples:

1. I got the mechanic to check 

it means my brakes.At first the mechanic didn't think it was necessary, but I convinced him to check the brakes.

2. I had the mechanic check 

it means my brakes.I asked the mechanic to check the brakes.