Causative Verbs ESL Worksheets, Games and Activities
In this insightful causative verbs speaking activity, students complete, ask and answer conversation questions containing common causative verbs. First, students complete conversation questions with causative verbs from a box in their correct form. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group. Students then take turns asking the conversation questions to their partner, who responds accordingly. For the first question in each set, students include the corresponding causative verb in their response. Afterwards, students share what they learned about their partner with the class.
In this fun causative verbs board game, students practice a variety of causative verbs by playing a game where they give true or false answers to questions. Players take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. When a player lands on a square, they pick up a true or false card and answer the question on the square, repeating the causative verb in the question and giving either true or false information as indicated on the card. The other students then ask follow-up questions to determine if the player is lying or telling the truth. After a few questions have been answered, the other students guess whether the player's answer is true or false, and the correct answer is revealed. The students who guessed correctly each score one point. When a player reaches the finish, the game ends and the points are added up. The player with the most points wins the game.
In this creative causative verbs game, students make sentences with the causative verbs: get, have, make, let and help. The first player puts a domino down either before or after the domino on the table, pairing a causative verb with an action verb or vice versa. The player then makes a sentence using the two verbs and tells it to the other group members who judge the sentence, e.g. 'My friend got me to pay for his lunch'. If the sentence is grammatically correct and makes sense, the domino remains in place. If not, the player takes back the domino. Play then passes to the next student and so on. The first player to get rid of all their dominoes wins the game.
In this free causative verbs worksheet, students learn and practice the four commonly used causative verbs: have, make, get and let. First, students complete sentences with causative verbs (have, make, get, or let) and verbs in brackets, changing verb forms as needed. Next, students use the sentences to help them complete verb definitions with the causative verbs: have, make, get, let. Students then move on to rewrite sentences, adding in a causative verb. Afterwards, students write sentences with causative verbs about studying in class. Students write about what they are allowed to do in class, forced to do, persuaded to do, authorized to do, etc. Finally, students read and discuss their sentences with a partner. Students also talk about other aspects of their lives using causative verbs, such as their home life.
Here is a comprehensive causative verbs worksheet for upper-intermediate students. First, students complete causative verb definitions in a table with the correct verbs. Next, students complete each sentence by underlining the correct causative verb. Students then circle the correct multiple-choice answer that can be used to complete each sentence. After that, students rewrite sentences using causative verbs. Students then move on to rewrite sentences using have / get something done. Lastly, students imagine they live in a perfect world and complete sentences with causative verbs and their own endings. Afterwards, students compare their sentences with a partner.
In this engaging causative verbs speaking activity, students ask and answer questions with the causative verbs: make, let, have, get, help. First, students complete sentences on the worksheet with the causative verbs shown in their correct form. Next, students review the questions they need to ask for the activity. e.g. 'Do your parents make you do too many chores?' Students then go around the class asking each other the questions. When a student finds someone who answers 'yes' to a question, they write down that person's name in the corresponding column next to the item and ask a follow-up question to gain more information, noting down the answer in the last column. Finally, students give feedback to the rest of the class on their findings.
