Causatives with "make"
The Causative Verbs
-- make --
Make is used to force somebody else to do something. We
require something to be done by somebody else (by a third person) by
using power, influence or authority.
Meaning
1
Make causative verb
is usually used for having something done by somebody whom you force or
influence. For example, a police officer stops your car,or
your mother forces you to clean your room.
- The police
officer made
the man pull
over.
- Her
boss made
her work
on Saturday and Sunday.
Meaning 2
Also, Make causative
verb means " to
cause".
- The film made
me cry
a lot.
- Slow music makes
me sleep.
- The
birthday surprise made
him forget
his sadness.
Tense Change: We can
change the tense
of the "make".
- His
father made him clean
the car.
- My mother makes me cook at
weekends.
- A police
officer can make
us stop.
- You should make your son
clean his own room.
- The
Commander has made
soldiers et up early.
- Did the teacher make you do your
homework?
- I think she will make you stay
here all day.
- and
to use more tenses and modals is possible.
There are
two forms of doing causative with "make", passive or active.
Active Form
Make +
somebody +
do (verb 1)
+
something
In
active form, we use somebody and base
form of the verb (
verb) after the verb "make". We don't use "to -
infinitive".
-
I made my
daughter to
do
her homework last night.
-
His illness has made
him stay
all day long.
-
The teacher made me apologize
for that rude behaviour.
-
The police make
the cars stop
and check every day.
-
I think the doctor will make my
mother come
and see
him every five days.
-
Did somebody make you wear that funny
t-shirt?
Passive Form
Subject + was
/ were + done (verb 3) +
(by someone)
In
passive form, we use was
were and past
participle of the verb (verb
3)
- I was made to cry a
lot by the film. (The film made me cry a lot.)
- Tom
was made to laugh a
lot by my son. (My son made Tom laugh a lot.)
- The
soldiers were made
to wait
in the garden.
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