Get Someone To Do Something [editable] (1)

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<p>The causative get someone to do something corresponds to persuade someone to do something.</p><p>Examples:</p><p>Paula’s brother didn’t want to take her to the airport, but she got him to take her at the end.</p><p>Match and rewrite the sentences, using the causative you’ve just learned. Pay attention to the verb</p><p>tenses and don’t change their meanings.</p><p>Susan is angry at Larry because she didn’t convince him to take her to the movies.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Ernie convinced his mother to make a cake for him.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>After insisting for months, Joe persuaded Carol to get married with him.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Jack’s father was late, but he convinced his Dad to take him to school.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Mom persuaded Dad to return the books to the library.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Eva promised to give her kids a present if they wash the car.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Tom had to ask many times until his mother let him keep the dog he brought home.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Lana asked many times until Jorge agreed to prepare a pie for dessert.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Billy couldn’t convince his dad to take him to the beach; he went to the beach alone.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Marion persuaded his dad to do a research for her.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Jill convinced her daughter to help out in the kitchen.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Edgar convinced Lisa to go for a date after asking her out hundreds of times.</p><p>________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>iSLCollective.com</p>