Grammar Focus: Make
Active: Subject
+make +agent +V1+ object Passive: Agent + aux. +made + to + V1 + (by agent)
Hom made his brother clean his room.
The film made me cry.
She always makes us laugh.
Did they make you sing a song?
I was made to dance.
He is made to tell the story. How was she made to dance?
Grammar Focus: Get
Subject + get +
agent + to + V1 + object Subject + get+ object + V3
He got his sister to call a taxi.
My sister always gets me to go to temple
with her.
They may get me to dance at my birthday
party.
Did you get him to tell jokes? I got my jacket washed.
Get this letter translated.
You must get your health checked up
regularly.
Grammar Focus: Have
Subject
+ have + agent + V1 + object Subject + have + object + V3
I had my teacher check my vacation work. She always has me help in her homework. I must have her repair my computer.
I need to have my brother buy some important books. Did
you have your father pay your tuition fee?
I didn’t have him cut my hair. I had my shoes mended.
She has her leg broken.
Go and have your bicycle repaired.
Grammar Focus: Common Errors
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I
am made to study hard. |
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We are made to study
hard. |
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They were made to study
hard. |
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He |
He was made to study
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A.
Choose the best answer and fill in the gaps
of the following sentences.
1.
Anaya her
house painted. (has, make ,get)
2.
Get it at any cost. (do, to do, done)
3.
Get this letter .(to
translate, translate, translated)
4.
Have your hair .
(trim, to trim, trimmed)
5.
Gopi
has his watch .(steal, to steal, stolen)
6.
Gems his
father to buy a book. (has, makes, gets)
7.
Aryan makes her him. (follow, to follow, followed)
8.
Get your car .(wash,
to wash, washed)
9.
Please
get your homework . (check, to check, checked)
10.
Binod
gets his cycle .(mend, to mend, mended)
11.
Chameli
gets her eyes .(cure, to cure, cured)
12.
Durga
got a book . (open, to open, opened)
13.
Elisha got her bicycle
.(repair,
to repair, repaired)
14.
Fulmati got me her
son on the way to her home. (carry, to carry, carried)
15.
Guru had journalist about
him. (write, to write, written)
16.
He
has a helper (to clean, clean, cleaned) the
house.
17.
Imran
has his shoes . (polish, to polish, polished)
18.
Jimmy
has my property in the bank. (deposit, to deposit, deposited)
19.
Kaman has my car
20.
Lobsang
has the picture
.
(wash, to wash, washed)
.(paint,
to paint, painted)
21.
Mr. Regmi made me the chair to his room. (bring, to bring, brought)
22.
Niruta made me angry. (feel, to feel, felt)
23.
Oman made us a
song yesterday. (sang, to sang, sing, singing)
24.
Pemba
will get the driver his car. (stop,
stopped, to stop)
25.
Rashmi
will have to have a suit before leaving. (leave, left, to leave)
26.
She (get,
has, make) the letter written.
27.
Tashi has his teeth .
(restore, to restore, restored)
28.
Yam had his mother water
from the nearest tap. (fetch, to fetch, fetched)
29.
His
mother made him his medicine. (to take,
take, taken)
30.
Mr. Thapa is going to get him a letter. (write, to write, written)
31.
Sailendra
gets my servant a
newspaper for him. (to bring, bring, brought)
32.
I
get my windows . (paint, to paint, painted)
33.
Niten
gets the cobbler his hair.
(cut, to cut, cutting)
34.
I
have the man my hair. (to cut, cut, cuts)
35.
They made me for them. (work, worked,
to work).
36.
I
make her
37.
Harry
makes her
hard.
(labour, to labour, laboured)
him.
(follow, to follow, followed)
38.
She made them
homework. (do, to do, done)
39.
The
teacher made them instruction. (read, reads, to
read
40.
She
got the house (repair, to repair, repaired)
B.
Choose
the best answer and fill in the gaps of the following sentences.
1.
I
have a coat .(stitch, to stitch, stitched)
2.
He
has his cycle .(mend, to mend, mended)
3.
They
got their case .(decided, to decide, decide)
4.
Peeling
onions always makes me . (cry, to
cry,
cried)
5.
We had a professional photographer pictures
of everyone who participated
in our wedding. (take, to take, taken)
6.
I
get my suit . (clean, to clean, cleaned)
7.
She
had the beautician her hair.
(design, to design, designed)
8.
They
have their sheets .(clean, to clean, cleaned)
9.
I
have my teeth (fill,
to fill, filled)
10.
People have drivers their
cars. (drive, to drive, driven)
11.
She
had the mechanic her car.
(repair, repaired, to repair)
12.
I
had the plumber the pipes. (mend, to mend, mended)
13.
They
have the waiter food. (serve, to serve, served)
14.
Have your homework .
(check, to check, checked)
15.
They
got the cook food for them. (cook, to cook,
cooked)
16.
She
gets her servant household works. (do, to do, done)
17.
He
gets his eyes . (cure, to cure, cured)
18.
Mica
got her dress . (makes, to make, made)
19.
I
get my windows . (paint, to paint, painted
20.
We get our seats .
(book, to book, booked)
21.
I
got my roof (repair, to repair, repaired) yesterday.
22.
People get cobblers their
shoes. (make, to make, made)
23.
She
gets her tea
24.
They
got the government
.
(serve, to serve, served)
some
project for them.(bring, to bring, brought)
25.
The
students were made hard. (to study, study, studied)
26.
She has me these
dishes. (clean, to clean, cleaned)
27.
Get your hair .(trim,
to trim, trimmed)
28.
Please
get the house .(paint, to paint, painted)
29.
Have your car .(wash,
to wash, washed)
30.
I
get the cobbler my hair.
(cut, to cut, cutting)
31.
Alice
stopped at the service station to have the tank .(fill, to fill, filled)
32.
I got Mary me
some money. (lend, to lend, lent)
33.
He
has the spot on his nose . (remove, to remove, removed)
34.
Please have me you.
(help, to help, helped)
35.
My
teacher makes me at the front. (stand, to stand,
stood)
36.
I
am going to get him a letter.
(write, to write, written)
37.
My
wife is making me a game. (play,
to play, played)
38.
I
had an engineer (to design, design, designed) the building.
39.
Lumina has me (to
write, write, written) a letter.
40.
She (get,
make, has) me solve the problem.
C.
Fill in the blanks
with correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets.
1.
The
teacher had the class (speak) on Children’s Day.
2.
He
got the cobbler his shoes.
(polish)
3.
They
will get their work soon. (complete)
4.
The
teacher had his speech for the conference. (write)
5.
Arun
had his house last week. (paint)
6.
Who made you such
stupid joke? (crack)
7.
He
made his father a new motorbike. (buy)
8.
Kim was sing a song. (make)
9.
Dip
has got many books . (publish)
10.
She
made the baby a nap. (take)
11.
Do
you think we can get him the work?
(do)
12.
The
finance minister made everyone
the tax. (pay)
13.
I
am getting my brother me. (help)
14.
My
father always gets me to market to buy things. (go)
15.
They have me a
song. (sing)
16.
He
has his task .(complete)
17.
She has me for her. (work)
18.
Get your pen .(refill)
19.
Have your bicycle . (mend)
20.
The students
were sing
in the programme. (make)
21.
The
people have the leaders their promise. (keep)
22.
The
government gets the public in the sanitation programme. (participate)
23.
He
has already had his message . (deliver)
24.
A student
is labour
hard in school. (make)
25.
Our
class teacher always makes us in the assembly. (stand)
26.
The
boss gets his servant the floor. (sweep)
27.
Get these plants (water)
every day.
28.
Have your notebook (cover)
by now.
29.
I
got a teacher (teach) me a grammar lesson.
30.
I
have my friends (wash) the
dishes.
31.
He (has)
the letter written.
32.
I
made my son the windows before he
could go outside to play. (wash)
33.
Mrs.
Crane had her house . (decorate)
34.
The
teacher had the class a 3000 word research paper.
(write)
35.
He
got some kids in the neighbourhood out his garage. (clean)
36.
I
went to the bank to have a cheque . (cash)
37.
After
I had the sleeves , the jacket
I bought fit me perfectly. (shorten)
38.
My
boss made me my report because he wasn’t
satisfied with it. (redo)
39.
Tom got his twin brother
Tim a
glass of milk for him. (bring)
40.
The
wise man had the stone . (remove/to remove/removed)
