CAUSATIVE VERBS

A causative verb expresses a cause, for example blacken which means ‘to cause to become black’... STRATEGIES FOR CAUSATIVE VERB ITEMS ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS:  Does the subject of

CAUSATIVE VERBS

A causative verb expresses a cause, for example blacken which means ‘to cause to

become black’

STRATEGIES FOR CAUSATIVE

VERB ITEMS

ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS:

 Does the subject of the noun clause

that follows the causative verb perform

noun clause the simple form, the infinitive form, or the present participle form of the verb?

INCORRECT [I had my coworker

helped me.]

CORRECT I had my coworker help me INCORRECT [I got my coworker help me.]

CORRECT I got my coworker to me.

INCORRECT [The supervisor had him stocked shelves all day.]

CORRECT The supervisor had him

stocking shelves all day

 Does the subject of the noun clause

that follows the causative verb receive the

the verb?

INCORRECT Mr Watson wants the

report rewrote soon.]

CORRECT Mr Watson wants the report rewritten soon

STRUCTURES FOR CAUSATIVE VERBS

1 To have someone do sth (bare infi.)

Ex : I had my wife wash my clothes

2 To have sth done (p.p)

Ex 2: I had my clothes

washed (by my wife)

3 To have someone doing sth (V-ing)

Ex: I had him typing all day

4 To get someone to do sth (to Infi.)

Ex: I got him to finish that

before five.

5 To get sth done (p.p)

Ex: I got that finished (by

him).

7 To force someone to do sth (To Infi.)

Ex: We forced him to go out

8 To make/let someone do sth (bare infi.)

Ex: He made his son stay at home

1 The guard made the visitors at the gate.

2 My assistant wasn’t able to get his check because the bank was closed.

(A) cash

(B) cashed (get s.th done)

(C) cashing

(D) cashes

To cash (a cheque/check) to

exchange a cheque/check for the amount of money that it is worth

3 Our company wants its customers

(A) satisfies

(B) satisfying

(C) satisfied (want s.b/s.th done)

(D) satisfy

To satisfy [vn] (not used in the

progressive tenses) to make sb

pleased by doing or giving them

what they want: Nothing satisfies him—he’s always complaining

The proposed plan will not satisfy

Satisfactory (adj.)

4 I’ll have my secretary for the package.

(A) will sign

(B) signs

(C) sign (have s.b do s.th)

(D) to sign

To sign to write your name on

a document, letter, etc to

show that you have written it, that you agree with what it

says, or that it is genuine:

[v, vn] Sign here, please Sign your name here, please

5 Before the prime minister

arrived, the police ordered the area

To clear A (of B) | To clear B (from/off A) to remove sth

that is not wanted or needed from a place

Competitor (n) a person or an organization that competes

against others, especially in

business: our main / major

competitor

To lower to reduce sth or to

become less in value, quality,

etc.: [vn] He lowered his voice

to a whisper This drug is used

to lower blood pressure   OPP 

To raise

7 With some effort, Ms

Manson got her schedule (A) to change

(B) changed

(C) change

(D) changing

8 The boss had me all of last month’s sales figures

(A) to check

(B) checked

(C) checking

(D) checks

9 The airport guard made

us our pockets at the

To empty sth (out/out of sth)|To empty sth (of sth) to remove

everything that is in a container, etc.:

I emptied out my pockets but

could not find my keys

To empty (out) to become empty: The tank empties out in five

minutes

10 The architects want all the hallways

(A) widen

(B) widened

(C) widening

(D) to widen

1 To widen to become wider; to make sth

wider: [v] Her eyes

widened in surprise.

2 to become larger in degree or range; to

make sth larger in

degree or range: [v]

the widening gap

between rich and poor

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