CAUSATIVE A causative construction is used to show









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CAUSATIVE A causative construction is used to show that a cause is needed if something must happen
CAUSATIVE Caustive is devided into 3, they are: § Have § Make § Get
Pay attention on the following examples �Wati wants her bedroom to be cleaned. She asks her sister to do it. (it’s not causative const) Causative construction : ( Active construction ) 1. Have Wati has her sister clean her bedroom 2. Make Wati makes her sister clean her bedroom 3. Get Wati gets her sister to clean her bedroom
next �Causative construction ( Passive construction ) 1. Have Wati has her bedroom cleaned 2. Make Wati makes her bedroom cleaned 3. Get Wati gets her bedroom cleaned
pattern 1. Active construction S + have/has/had + pronoun + V 1 S + make/makes/made + pronoun + V 1 S + get/gets/got + pronoun + to V 1 2. Passive construction S + have/has/had + noun + V 3 S + make/makes/made + noun + V 3 S + get/gets/got + noun + V 3
other examples �Budi needed his motorcycle to be repaired. The mechanic did it yesterday. Passive construction : Budi (had/made/got) his motorcycle repaired Active Construction : Budi ( had/made ) the mechanic repair his motorcycle Budi (got) the mechanic to repair his motorcycle
example Helmi We : There’s a mistake in the bill. A didn’t have dinner here last night. Manager B C : I am sorry, sir. I’ll have the cashier to check it for you D
Exercise 1 Combine the following pairs of sentences by using causative construction! 1. Anto wants his pants to be taken up. He’ll ask someone to do it. ( have ) 2. My radio is out of order. I’ll ask Harry to repair it. ( get ) 3. She wanted her house to be painted. Her servant did it yesterday. ( make )
Exercise 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Choose the correct words between parenthesis. Encircle the correct answers. Amir had his pen ( refill-refilled-to refill ) Did they have their car ( to wash–washed-wash ) I’ll get the boy ( clean-to clean- cleaned ) Sudin must make Rudi ( to work-worked-work ) harder Mimi will make you ( feel-to feel-felt ) happy Have you had someone ( mended-to mend-mend ) the roof today ?