Causative verbs exercises

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Complete the causative verbs exercises below to test your knowledge.

Complete the causative verbs exercises by choosing the correct option (a), (b), (c) or (d) to complete each of the sentences.

1. My parents always make me _______________________ my homework before I can watch any television.

(a) to finish    (b) finishing   (c) finish   (d) finished

2. My Mum lets me ________________ later at the weekend.

(a) stay up    (b) stayed up  (c) staying up   (d) to stay up

3. I had the computer technician at work ___________________ my lap top. It works well now.

(a) fixed    (b) to fix  (c) fixing   (d) fix

4. I ________________ my hair cut at that new hairdressing salon the other day, they’re really good!

(a) have    (b) made  (c) had   (d) let

5. My flatmate got me ___________________ dinner for him last night as he said he was too tired.

(a) to cook    (b) cook  (c) cooked   (d) make

6. Why don’t you let me __________________ that for you. I’m happy to help!

(a) do    (b) to do  (c) did   (d) done

7. I _______________________ my house broken into last night. I’m so upset!

(a) let    (b) made  (c) had   (d) make

8. I always have my car _________________ at that garage. They provide a really good service.

(a) repair    (b) was repaired  (c) repaired   (d) to repair

9. Did his boss make him ________________ late again last night?

(a) work    (b) to work  (c) worked   (d) works

10. Did her teacher get her ________________ the visitors to the school?

(a) welcome    (b) to welcome  (c) welcomes   (d) welcomed

11. He got me ___________________ that parcel for him as I was going to the post office anyway.

(a) posted    (b) post  (c) posts   (d) to post

12. My parents didn’t make me ___________________ with housework when I was very young, but they do now.

(a) to help    (b) help  (c) helped   (d) was help