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Exercises: Gerunds and Infinitives

Causative Exercises
Let / Make / Have / Get
Use the following verbs in the appropriate tense to fill in the blanks:
let make have get
1. Sam really wanted a dog, but his parents wouldn't ______________ him have a pet.
2. I can't believe she _____________ you look at her vacation pictures again last night. We have to
look at those stupid pictures every time we go to her house.
3. I don't know how you convince your children to clean up their rooms. I couldn't
_____________________ my children to clean up their rooms if my life depended on it.
4. Professor Yu _____________________ each of her students write an essay describing their
future goals in life.
5. Professor Yu _____________________ her students use a dictionary while they were taking the
test.
6. Debbie's husband hates the opera. But after days of nagging, she finally ______________ him to
go see the new production of La Boheme.
7. Sally ___________________ me take off my shoes before I went into her house. She said she
wanted to keep the carpet clean.
8. Rebecca Smith requested a copy of that expense report, so I ____________ the courier take one
over to her last week.
9. Diane thinks television is a waste of time, so she won't ______________ her children watch TV.
10. Susie _____________________ her son take out the trash before he went to the park to play
soccer.
11. Marcus __________________ me drive his new BMW. I couldn't believe how quickly it picked
up speed.
12. How did you _____________________ the doctor to make a house call? I haven't heard of a
doctor actually going to a patient's house in years.
13. My boss __________________ me get him coffee, pick up his dry cleaning and buy presents
for his wife. He can't do anything by himself!
14. Tommy didn't want to go to his cousin's birthday party, but his mom _________________ him
go.
15. I can't believe the zoo keeper __________________ you feed the snake. That was so cool!

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16. The contract was very detailed, and it was essential that the wording be absolutely correct.
Therefore, I ______________________ the translator recheck his work several times to make sure
there would be no misunderstandings.
17. Cheryl didn't want to wash her car, so with a little smooth talk she __________________ her
boyfriend to wash it for her.
18. If you ask me nicely, I'll ___________________ you lick the bowl after I make the cookies.
19. Jack found a fly floating in his coffee, so he _________________ the waiter bring him a new
cup.
20. The news coverage of the recent tornado was incredibly moving. The interview with the little
boy who lost his family in the tragedy __________________ everyone cry.
doris:
Practice Causatives
A Bad Day
Yesterday I had a really bad day. I 1_____ at half past five, because I had to leave home early. I had
to take my car to the garage to 2_____. I couldn't 3_____ the children to school, because she had
already arranged to 4_____ that morning before work. Having to 5_____ that early 6_____, but as
you can see, I couldn't help it. Of course, they weren't very happy, to say the least. Then, they
7_____ them eggs for breakfast, which took quite long, because our cooker is not in perfect order. I
should have 8_____ long ago, but somehow I never had the time. My wife started complaining
again when she saw me struggling with the cooker that I can never 9_____. It just 10_____, but it
didn't improve anything. Then I spilt some hot oil on my hand, which 11_____ round the kitchen,
cursing and banging on everything. We were running short of time and I had to 12_____ their
breakfast in a hurry. The weather forecast warned us that it would be cold so I 13_____ two
pullovers. Jenny couldn't find her favourite blue pullover and it 14_____. I 15_____ the whole
wardrobe upside down to find it, but of course it was no good. We were running twenty minutes
behind schedule when we left the house. In the car, Tony asked me if I had 16_____. This might
17_____ that I'm a careless father, but I hadn't. I told him that I had 18_____ to the watchmaker's,
but it wouldn't be ready till Friday. Then Jenny tried to 19_____ faster because she enjoys speed.
We were late anyway, so I obliged. But only till the next corner, where I 20_____ by a police car.
They 21_____ a breath test and fined me for speeding. When I arrived at the office, I found that my
assistant hadn't been able to 22_____ my letters. That was the end. I decided I had had enough. I
simply 23_____ me a cup of coffee and told her to 24_____ for that day. I sat down to my coffee
and spent the rest of the morning reading the papers.
Read the text aboveand choose the letter next to the correct answer

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. _____
a) made the kids to get up
b) got the kids get up
c) made the kids get up

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d) had the kids to get up
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. _____
a) have serviced it
b) have it serviced
c) serviced it
d) make it serviced
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. _____
a) get my wife take
b) make my wife to take
c) get my wife to take
d) get my wife taken
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. _____
a) have her hair dyed
b) have had her hair dyed
c) have dyed her hair
d) have her hair to dye
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. _____
a) have the children to get up
b) get the children get up
c) make the children to get up
d) make the children get up
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. _____
a) made me feel guilty
b) made me to feel guilty
c) got me feel guilty
d) had me to feel guilty
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. _____
a) got me fry
b) made me fry
c) had me to fry
d) made me to fry
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------8. _____

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a) had it repaired
b) got repaired it
c) made it repaired
d) had repaired it
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------9. _____
a) have done anything
b) make anything do
c) get anything to do
d) have anything done
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------10. _____
a) got me feel bad
b) made me feel bad
c) had me feel bad
d) made me to feel bad
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------11. _____
a) had me running
b) had me to run
c) got me run
d) made me running
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------12. _____
a) get the kids finish
b) make the kids to finish
c) make the kids finish
d) have the kids to finish
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------13. _____
a) made the children put on
b) made the children to put on
c) had the children to put on
d) got the children put on
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------14. _____
a) made her to cry
b) made her crying
c) got her cry
d) made her cry

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------15. _____
a) got Tony turning
b) got Tony turn
c) got Tony to turn
d) had Tony to turn
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------16. _____
a) had his watch repaired
b) made his watch repair
c) got his watch repair
d) got his watch repairing
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------17. _____
a) make you to believe
b) get you believe
c) have you believing
d) make you believe
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------18. _____
a) had my assistant take it
b) had my assistant to take it
c) made my assistant to take it
d) got my assistant take it
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------19. _____
a) get me to drive
b) get me drive
c) had me to drive
d) had me driving
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------20. _____
a) was forced to stop
b) was forced stopping
c) was forced stop
d) was got stopped
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------21. _____
a) got me taking
b) forced me take

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c) had me to take
d) had me take
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------22. _____
a) get the typist type
b) get the typist to type
c) make the typist to type
d) have the typist to type
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------23. _____
a) had my secretary to bring
b) made my secretary to bring
c) got my secretary to bring
d) got my secretary bringing
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------24. _____
a) have cancelled all my meetings
b) get all my meetings cancel
c) get all my meetings to cancel
d) have all my meetings cancelled
YaSeMiN:
Have Something Done
I had my computer repairedFill the gaps with have and the verb in brackets in their correct forms.
1 We ___________ the roof ___________ last year. It cost us a packet. (repair)
2 Anne ___________ her hair ___________ every Friday afternoon. (do)
3 I ___________ the brakes ___________ three times a year. (check)
4 The government ___________ the whole town ___________ yesterday. (evacuate)
5 I ___________ my hard drive ___________ for a bigger one last week. (change)
6 When did you last ___________ the airconditioning ___________ ? (service)
7 You don't think Liv Tyler's beautiful?! You should ___________ your eyes ___________ . (test)
8 After the plague of fleas, the boss ___________ the office ___________ . (disinfect)
9 Your cat's coughing. You need to ___________ him ___________ for parasites. (treat)
10 Daphne ___________ her legs ___________ once a fortnight. (do)
11 I normally ___________ my suit dry ___________ before a wedding. (clean)
12 The headmaster ___________ all the lockers ___________ for the missing footballs yesterday.
(search)
13 Have you ___________ your house ___________ ? (double-glaze)
14 Have you ___________ that poster I bought you ___________ yet? (frame)
15 The house is in chaos. We're ___________ a new kitchen ___________ in. (put)