Causative Verbs - Rules of Causative Verbs

 Rules of Causative Verbs

As we know, there are five Causative Verbs to discuss. They are - Have, Get, Let, Make, Help.

Rule-1:

Sub + have/get + complement (thing) + V.P.P

Rule-2:

Sub + have + complement (person) + V.B.F

Rule-3:

Sub + get + complement (person) + (to + V.B.F)

Rule-4:

Sub + make + complement (person/thing) + V.B.F

Rule-5:

Sub + let + complement (person/thing) + V.B.F

Rule-6:

Sub + help + complement (person/thing) + V.B.F/(to + V.B.F)

[Note: Here, 

V.P.P	=	Verb in Past Participle form
V.B.F	=	Verb in Base Form
Sub	=	Subject

]

Here are some examples taken from TOEFL:

Robin had Nazmul wash the car.
Tania got the boy to wash the car.
Mithu got the car washed.
Raju had the car washed.
The man made the seller give him the money.
The teacher always makes the children stay in their seats.

Miraz let his sister swim with her friends.

We are going to let her write the letter.

She helped me wash the clothes.

She helped me to read grammatical topics.