English Grammar: Causative Verbs: Make, Have, Let, Get, Help

What is the difference between someone making you do something and someone having you do something? Is it correct to say “He made me clean my room“ or “He made me to clean my room“? In this lesson, I look at a very common active causative verb structure with the verbs “make“, “have“, “let“, “get“, and “help.“ Check out the lesson and check your understanding with the quiz. TRANSCRIPT Hey, guys. I’m Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on causative verbs. Specifically, we will be looking at the verbs “make“, “have“, “let“, “get“, and “help“, and how they are used and formed in a causative sentence structure. So first, we have the sentence, “She made me wash the dishes.“ So the causative verb is “make“, and here we’re using the past tense. We will be using the past tens
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