Make, Have, Let, Help, and Get : Make, Have, Let, Help, and Get Teaching and Learning 4 Focus on Grammar 4
Part IV, Unit 10
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Driving Lessons 1 : Driving Lessons 1 So, how was your first driving lesson? Difficult. The teacher was so strict. Really? What did he make you do? Well…
Driving Lessons 2 : But in the end, he was a good teacher. He helped me learn to drive. Driving Lessons 2
Make : Make Use make + object + base form of the verb to talk about things that someone can require or cause another person (or an animal) to do. Object Base Form Verb The teacher requires the students to watch the films. The teacher makes the students watch safety films. Object Base Form Verb The films cause the students to fall asleep. The safety films make some students fall asleep.
Have : Have Use have + object + base form of the verb to talk about things that someone can cause another person (or an animal) to do. Object Base Form Verb The teacher had him study traffic rules. The teacher caused him to study.
Let : Use let + object + base form of the verb to talk about things that someone can permit another person (or an animal) to do. Object Base Form Verb His father permitted him to drive. Let My dad let me drive his car.
Practice 1 : Practice 1 Use make, have, and let and the words below to describe things that someone requires, causes, or permits someone else to do. Example: The teacher makes him come on time. make/come on time
Help : The teacher helped me to understand traffic laws. Help Infinitive Help can be followed by:
object + base form of the verb OR
object + infinitive. The meaning is the same. Object The teacher helped me understand traffic laws. Object Note:
Help + base form is more common. Base Form Verb
Get : Get Get has a similar meaning to make and have. It is
always followed by object + infinitive, not the base
form of the verb. Object Infinitive After some effort, the teacher succeeded in persuading the student to turn. The teacher finally got the student to turn left.
Practice 2 : 1. What are some things your teacher makes you study?
2. What homework assignments does your teacher have students complete?
3. What are some things your teacher won’t let you do in class?
4. How does your teacher get the students to listen in class?
5. How does your teacher help students learn English? Practice 2 Ask and answer the questions below with a partner. Use make, have, let, help, and get in your answers.
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