1. Make, Have, Let, Help, and Get4
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
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2. Driving Lessons 1 Difficult. The teacher was so strict.
Really? What did he make you do?
Well…
So, how was your first driving lesson?

3. But in the end, he was a good teacher. He helped me learn to drive.
Driving Lessons 2
But in the end, he was a good teacher. He helped me learn to drive.
He had me study all the driver’s training manuals.
He didn’t let me drive a nice car. He made me drive an old car.

4. Make The teacher makes the students watch safety films.
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.
Object
Base Form Verb
Object
Base Form Verb
The teacher makes the students watch safety films.
The safety films make some students fall asleep.
The teacher requires the students to watch the films.
The films cause the students to fall asleep.

5. Have The teacher had him study traffic rules.
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.

6. My dad let me drive his car. His father permitted him to drive.
Use let + object + base form of the verb to talk about things that someone can permit another person (or an animal) to do.
Base Form Verb
Object
My dad let me drive his car.
His father permitted him to drive.

7. Use make, have, and let and the words below to describe things that someone requires, causes, or permits someone else to do.
Practice 1
Example:
make/come on time
The teacher makes him come on time. 1. 2. 3.
let/listen to music
make/ turn off the cell phone
have/ drive more slowly

8. Help The teacher helped me understand traffic laws.
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.

9. The teacher finally got the student to turn left.
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.

10. Practice 2 1. What are some things your teacher makes you study?
Ask and answer the questions below with a partner. Use make, have, let, help, and get in your answers.
Practice 2
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 won’t 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?

11. References
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