Passive Causative part 2

 

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1. Use the causative to allow or petmit someone to do something. 

Use LET + person + base form of the verb.

Examples:

• My father lets us watch tv after dinnner
• Let me handle this
• My mom lets me eat pizza at dinner

2. You can also use make + person+ base form as a causative.

To force or pressure someone to do something.

Examples:

• The police made them surrender
• My girlfriend made me buy a ring

Bonus: Offer Solution

Ideas for requests:

• Lend you: I'll lend you this book.
• Drive you to: I'll drive you to your school.
• Pick up: My friend picked up someone yesterday.
• Pick up someone from: My brother picked up me from the airport

Some reasons to turn down a request:

• You're late for an appointment
• You have a meetin in an hour
• You're expecting an important phone call
• Your own reason...

Bonus 2: Vocabulary

• Mom, i'm going to visith our dressmaker to lengthen my skirt.
• Sir, could i have copied these reports by tomorrow?
• I need to repair my shoes, maybe i can tell my uncle about it, ¡he's  an excellent shoemaker!