Causative Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: W.9-10.1

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The causative is used in language to express that we have a person in motion working on our behalf to complete a task for us. Causative verbs are often used to tell us how or why something happened. The basic idea or concept to work away from with the causative is that it stresses a "cause" of being. Almost all languages have a means of expressing causation, but they all do it slightly differently. These worksheets will help you pound away at locating and understanding the use of a causative.

Causative Worksheets To Print:

To Have Something Done - Complete the sentences using the correct form of "to have something done." Use the verb in parentheses.

Tense Situations - Use the causative structure to rewrite each of the following sentences, using the tense indicated.

The Right Structure - Answer each question in a complete sentence, using the contributory structure.

Subject + Have + Something + Done - On a separate sheet of paper, rewrite each sentence using this underlying structure and form.

Actionable - Write a sentence for each action indicated, use the series of techniques that we have been discussing here. Begin each sentence with, "I am."

Structure Sentences - Begin each sentence with, "I am." This will allow you to pose a new view of where to go with this for yourself.

Lots of Arms - Write 5 original sentences using the structure that we have been discussing to indicate the motive behind the verb in parentheses.

Original Sentences - You will be given a term to work off of and we ask that you develop an original thought with this technique focused in their mind.

Lead By Example - We use the form we have been discussing and reviewing to indicate that someone is doing something for us.

Flying High - The causative can be formed in different tenses. Study the example in detail and read it several times. Then fill out the second table.

The Causative Form - You are given a great number of examples to review first and then we ask you to put it into play and write your own sentences.

Locked Down - Put everything in the logic order here. Make sure that you completely get everything together.

Connective Verbs: Make, Have and Get - A complex sentence is composed of one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. If the subordinate clause comes before the main clause, use a comma to separate them.

My Form - Write the second sentence using the correct form that was already put into action with these sentences.

Best Structure - We use the contributory form to indicate that someone is doing something for us. Make sure to think through everything before you write.

What is Causative? (In the English Language)


In the English language, causative verbs are used to indicate a person or a situation that makes something happen. In other words, we can say that they indicate a cause or a reason behind anything. The more commonly used causative verbs are: have, let, make, help, and get.


Given below is a detailed explanation of each of these verbs regarding how they indicate any cause:


Have

Have means to get a thing done by someone usually through an order. When we use 'have' or 'have to' in a sentence, we make someone responsible to do something for us. For example, when we say "I will have James tell you the reason once he returns from the trip". In this sentence, the causative verb 'have' is authorizing James to tell the reason on our behalf. Thus it indicates the cause.


Let

When we use 'let' in a sentence, we allow and permit someone to do something. When we use 'let' as a causative verb, we describe the action object will perform. For example, when we say "I let my brother go to the shop to buy a candle", the causative verb 'let' is indicating the action of buying a candle by brother. Permit and allow can also be used instead of the word 'letting'.


Make

Another commonly used causative verb is 'make'. Similar to 'let', it is also used to indicate an action someone else performs after a permission or order by the speaker. When used in sentences, 'make' comes after the subject. Verbs like 'force' and 'require' can also be used similarly.


Get

'Get' is also used as causative verbs with the word 'to' placed before the object's action. For example, "Aria got the dog to bring my stick back" is indicating that the reason for the dog to bring my stick back was Aria's order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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