How To Teach Causative Verbs To ESL Students - ESL Lesson Plan
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G2.1 - Causative Verbs
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A causative is when a subject causes someone / something else to do something
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Common causative verbs are let, make, have and get
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Let means 'to allow someone to do something'
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What about you?
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Complete with a bare infinitive + extra information if necessary
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Allow, permit and enable can be used in a way similar to let. . .
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Complete with let or allow.
You might need to change the tense
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Make is used as a causative verb to mean 'to force someone to do something'
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Complete with a bare infinitive + extra information if necessary
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Complete with a bare infinitive + extra information if necessary
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Force and cause can be used in a way similar to make. . .
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Choose make or force
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Have as a causative verb means. . .
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It's common to use have when we talk about services that are done for us
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Make logical sentences
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Get can be used in a similar way to have. . .
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Choose have or get
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Let, make or have?
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Let, make or have?
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Help can be used as a causative verb with either structure:
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HOW TO TEACH CAUSATIVE VERBS TO ESL STUDENTS
