Cover of the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 2

The key answer of exercise 33

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Workbook 11 - The way I feel for the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 2 with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella e Margaret Layton from Zanichelli

Question

Look at the grammar maps and fill in the blanks in the boxes below.

Answer

CAUSATIVE VERBS - USE

make + object + base form - Example: He always makes me laugh.

  • To say that someone / thing forces / compels / leads someone / thing else to do something

get + object + infinitive - Example: I couldn't get her to change her mind.

  • To say that someone persuades someone else to do something

have + object + base form - Example: I had my brother wash my bike.

  • To say that someone instructs or arranges someone else to do something

let + object + base form - Example: She let me use her new laptop.

  • To say that someone / thing allows someone / thing else to do something

VERBS OF PERCEPTION

see, watch, observe, notice, look at, hear, listen to, smell, feel, sense

USE

verb of perception + object + base form

  • When we hear / see the whole action or event - Example: I saw him enter the kitchen.

verb of perception + object + -ing form

  • When we hear / see an action or event in progress, a part of an action or event - Example: My parents heard me quarrelling with my sister.