This week the Thinking in English Conversation Club is practicing causative verbs! Specifically, we are going to practice answering questions using the verbs “make”, “let”, “have”, and “get”.
We use the causative form or causative verbs when we want to discuss something that we caused to happen, but didn’t do ourselves.
Did your parents ever make you eat something you hated as a child? Or did they let you eat whatever you wanted?
Do you have an accountant file your taxes? Or do you get a friend to help you out?
Let’s practice the causative form by answering and asking questions using this grammar, and speaking with other Thinking in English listeners!
Here are some conversation questions to get you talking!
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Conversation Questions:
- Did your parents ever make you eat something you hated as a child?
- Should schools make students wear uniforms?
- Has a movie or book ever made you cry?
- Should companies let employees work from home?
- Should governments let people vote at a younger age?
- Would you let someone borrow your phone for a day?
- Would you rather have someone cook for you or clean your house?
- Would you have a tutor help you prepare for a test?
- What’s the best way to get someone to forgive you?
- How do you get yourself to focus when you’re distracted?
Grammar
Make
“Make” means to force or strongly cause someone to do something, often without giving them a choice.
My parents made me clean my room.
Let
“Let” means to allow someone to do something or give them permission.
She let me borrow her car.
Have
“Have” means to arrange for someone to do something for you (usually as a service).
I had my hair cut yesterday.
Get
“Get” means to persuade or convince someone to do something, or to arrange for it to happen.
I got my brother to help me with my homework.
Resources
Conversation Club Times
12pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Tue/Thur at 12:00 BST
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 05:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 06:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 08:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 08:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Tue/Thur at 13:00 CEST
- Warsaw, Poland Tue/Thur at 13:00 CEST
- Istanbul, Turkey Tue/Thur at 14:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Tue/Thur at 19:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Tue/Thur at 20:00 JST
18pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Tue/Thur at 18:00 BST
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 11:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 12:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 14:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 14:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Tue/Thur at 19:00 CEST
- Warsaw, Poland Tue/Thur at 19:00 CEST
- Istanbul, Turkey Tue/Thur at 20:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 01:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 02:00 JST
00:00am Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Wed/Fri at 00:00 BST
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 17:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 18:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 20:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 20:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Wed/Fri at 01:00 CEST
- Warsaw, Poland Wed, Wed/Fri at 01:00 CEST
- Istanbul, Turkey Wed/Fri at 02:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 07:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 08:00 JST
Model Answers & Vocabulary
To help you prepare for the Thinking in English conversation club this week, I have created vocabulary lists and some model answers.
The model answers are split into intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced level responses. Hopefully this will give you an idea on the differences in quality between intermediate and advanced responses, and perhaps inspire your own answers to these questions!
B1 (Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
C1 (Advanced Level)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
See you all at this week’s conversation club!
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