Prof. Gilder Dávila

República Bolivariana de VenezuelaMinisterio del Poder Popular para la Educación

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Have you ever heard about passi ve causat i ve?

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So, what i s passi ve causat i ve?

The causative is a common structure in English. It is used when one thing or person causesanother thing or person to do something.

Example:

Exampl es of passi ve causat i ve

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There are two basic causative structures. One is like an active and the other is like a passive. These examples use the causative verb “have”.

Keep i n mi nd…

The active causative structure:

Keep i n mi nd…

The passive causative structure:

How t o f orm t he passi ve causat i ve?

Ref erences

Web site: BBC World Service and 410grammar respectively.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_gramchallenge20/

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/caus.htm