4

Make, Have, Let,

Help, and Get

Teaching and Learning

Focus on Grammar 4
Part IV, Unit 10
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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did
make
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you do?
your
first
driving
lesson?

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teacher was
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strict.

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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.

ObjectBase
Verb
BObject
ase Form
Base
Base Form Verb

The
teacher
the students
watch safety
films.
The
safetymakes
films make
some students
fall asleep.
The teacher
The films cause
requires the
the students to
students to
fall asleep.
watch the films.

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.
Base Form Verb
Object

The teacher had him study traffic rules.

The teacher
caused him to
study.

Let
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

My dad let me drive his car.

His father
permitted him
to drive.

Practice 1
Example:

Use make, have, and let and the

words below to describe things that
someone requires, causes, or
permits someone else to do.

make/come on time
The teacher makes him come on time.

1. let/listen to music

2. have/ drive more

slowly

3. make/ turn off

the cell phone

Help
Help
Help can be followed by:
object + base form of the verb OR
object + infinitive. The meaning is the same.
Note:
Help + base form is more common.

Base Form Verb

Object

The teacher helped me understand traffic laws.

Object Infinitive

The teacher helped me to understand traffic laws.

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

The teacher finally got the student to turn left.

After some effort, the
teacher succeeded in
persuading the student
to turn.

Practice 2

Ask and answer the questions

below with a partner. Use make,
have, let, help, and get in your
answers.

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 wont 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?

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References
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