1.
Pengertian
Causative Verbs
Causative verb adalah kata kerja yang digunakan untuk
menunjukkan bahwa subject
tidak bertanggungjawab langsung
terhadap aksi yang terjadi melainkan seseorang atau sesuatu yang lain yang
melakukan aksi tersebut.
2.
Penggunaannya
Fungsi dan
Rumus Causative Verbs
Kalimat causative verb terbagi
menjadi 2 macam, yaitu active dan passive causative. Pada
kalimat active causative verb, agent (yang mengerjakan aksi)
diketahui. Sebaliknya, pada kalimat passive causative verb, agent
biasanya tidak disebutkan.
Let, make, have, dan get merupakan causative verb yang
umum digunakan. Fungsi dan rumus let, make, have, dan
get sebagai berikut.
Verb
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Fungsi
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Rumus
Active dan Passive Causative
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Let
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membiarkan seseorang melakukan
sesuatu
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Active:
S + let + agent + action verb (bare infinitive) + … |
Make
|
memaksa atau sangat menyakinkan
seseorang untuk melakukan sesuatu
|
Active:
S + (make-made) + agent + action verb (bare infinitive) + … |
Have
|
menginginkan seseorang mengerjakan
sesuatu untuk subjek
|
Active:
S + (have-had) + agent + action verb (bare infinitive) + object |
Passive:
S + (have-had) + object + action verb (V-3) |
||
Get
|
mirip dengan have namun
dengan struktur kalimat yang berbeda
|
Active:
S + (get-got) + agent + action verb (to infinitive) + … |
Passive:
S + (got) + object + action verb (V-3) |
3.
Contoh
Kalimat Causative Verbs
Beberapa contoh causative verb pada
struktur active dan passive sebagai berikut.
Rumus
|
Verbs
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Contoh
Kalimat Causative Verb
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Active
Causative Verbs
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have-had
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Lala had her friend take
her result test.
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The student had the
teacher speak slowly.
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get-got
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She got her parents to
buy her a tennis racket.
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The boy got his cat to
chase a mouse.
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make-made
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The woman made her daughter
eat up the tomatoes.
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The manager makes her staff
work hard.
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let
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My father lets me choose
my own future carrier.
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The shepherd lets his sheep
graze in the meadow.
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Passive
Causative Verbs
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have-had
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I had my house renovated
last week.
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He had his book returned
as soon as possible.
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get-got
|
Teddy got the
money saved in the bank.
|
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Yulia got her bedroom cleaned.
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