CAUSATIVES CAUSATIVES: When one thing or person causes another thing or person to do something.

There are 2 forms of causatives: Causative Passive form and Causative Active form. For causatives Passive form there are two specific Verbs: have/get. For causatives Active form there are four specific Verbs: have/make/get/let.

For causatives Passive form there are two specific Verbs: have/get.
Situation: I dont cook at home. My wife does for me.
receiver Causative verbs Direct object Verb in past participle

have/get

the food

cooked

Situation: I dont fix my car. The mechanic does for me.

receiver
Causative verbs Direct object Verb in past participle

have/get

my car

fixed

Situation: My daughter doesnt pay her school. I do it for her.

receiver

Causative verbs

Direct object

Verb in past participle

She

has/gets

her school

paid

Situation: my mother doesnt go for the tortillas. My sister brings them for her.
receiver Causative verbs Direct object Verb in past participle

My mother has/gets

the tortillas

brought

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Me cortaron el pelo. Me quebraron mi lap-top. Me escondieron mis libros. A mi hermano le robaron su cartera. A mi amigo le hicieron la tarea.
Causative verbs Direct object Verb in past participle

receiver

I
I I

had/got had/got had/got

my hair my lap-top my books

cut broken hidden

My brother had/got My friend

his wallet the hw.

stolen done

had/got

For causatives Active form there are 4 specific Verbs: have/make/get/let.

Situation: I ask my wife to cook for me.
receiver
Causative verbs performer

Verb base form

Direct object

I have my wife cook my food Situation: I force my wife to cook for me.
receiver Causative verbs performer Verb base form Direct object

I make my wife cook my food Situation: I convince my wife to cook for me.
receiver Causative verbs performer Verb infinitive form Direct object

get

my wife

to cook my food

Situation: I permit my wife to cook for me.

receiver Causative verbs performer Verb base form Direct object

let

my wife

cook

my food

For causatives Active form there are 4 specific Verbs: have/make/get/let.

Situation: The mechanic fixes my car. I pay for it.
receiver
Causative verbs performer

Verb base form

Direct object

I have the mechanic fix my car Situation: I force the mechanic to fix my car.
receiver Causative verbs performer Verb base form Direct object

I make the mechanic fix my car Situation: I convince the mechanic to fix my car.
receiver Causative verbs performer Verb infinitive form Direct object

get

the mechanic to fix

my car

Situation: I permit the mechanic to fix my car.

receiver Causative verbs performer base form Direct object

let

the mechanic

fix

my car

For causatives Active form there are 4 specific Verbs: have/make/get/let.

Situation: My mother asks my sister to bring tortillas.
receiver
Causative verbs performer

Verb base form

Direct object

My mother has my sister bring tortillas Situation: I force the mechanic to fix my car.
receiver Causative verbs performer Verb base form Direct object

she makes my sister bring tortillas Situation: She convinces my sister to bring tortillas.
receiver Causative verbs performer Verb infinitive form Direct object

She

gets

my sister

to bring

tortillas

Situation: She permits my sister to bring tortillas.

receiver Causative verbs performer Verb base form Direct object

She

lets

my sister

bring

tortillas

For causatives Active form there are 4 specific Verbs: have/make/get/let.

Situation: My daughter asks me to pay her school.
receiver
Causative verbs performer

Verb base form

Direct object

My daughter has me pay her school Situation: She forces me to pay her education.
receiver Causative verbs performer Verb base form Direct object

she makes me pay her school Situation: She convinces me to pay her school.
receiver Causative verbs performer Verb infinitive form Direct object

She

gets

me

to pay her school

Situation: She permits me to pay her school.

receiver Causative verbs performer Verb base form Direct object

She

lets

me

pay

her school

Causatives all tenses Simple Present: I have my car fixed Simple Present: I have the mechanic fix my car

Simple Past: I had my car fixed Simple Present: I had the mechanic fix my car Present Continuous: I am having my car fixed Simple Present: I am having the mechanic fix my car Past Continuous: I was having my car fixed
Past Continuous: I was having the mechanic fix my car

Causatives all tenses

Present Perfect Simple: I have had my car fixed Present Perfect Simple: I have had the mechanic fix my car Present Perfect Continuous: I have been having my car fixed
Present Perfect Continuous: I have been having the mechanic fix my car

Past Perfect Simple: I had had my car fixed Past Perfect Simple: I had had the mechanic fix my car

Past Perfect Continuous: I had been having my car fixed

Past Perfect Continuous: I had been having the mechanic fix my car

Causatives all tenses

Future be going to: I am going to have my car fixed
Future be going to: I am going to have the mechanic fix my car

Future will: I will have my car fixed

Future will: I will have the mechanic fix my car

My examples: I have the laundry done I have my wife cook my meals

My wife makes me wash the dished

I get my son to feed the dog I let my daughter drive my car