Causative verbs

Causative verbs are verbs that are used to indicate that the subject is not directly responsible for actions that happen, but someone or something else that is doing the action causative Verbs.

 

Formula :

S + HAVE/MAKE + O (orang/pelaku) + V-1 + …

S + GET + O (ORANG/PELAKU) + TO V-1 + …Soal – causative, gerund, adjective clause, tenses

 

Examples of questions :

 

1. Each of  students ……. received an invitation.

A. having

B. have

C. has

D. be having

E. to have

 

2. The school has a lot of classrooms. Each of them ….…equipped with an overhead projector.

A. are

B. is

C. they are

D. being

E. to be

 

3. Neither the football players nor their coach …… satisfied with referee’s decision.

A. was

B. be

C. were

D. being

E. he was

 

4. Six hundred miles …..a long distance to drive in one day.

A. to be

B. are being

C. it is

D. they are

E. is

 

5. The name of a river passing through some big towns …..the title of a  popular Indonesian song.

A. it has become

B. has become

C. having become

D. to have become

E. have become

 

6. Many of my  students can afford to buy a ticket for the Michael Jackson show, the majority ….. from well to do families.

A. to come

B. coming

C. comes

D. they come

E. come

 

7. The shipment of logs from China ……..because of the bad weather.

A. they have been postponed

B. being postponed

C. been postponed

D. has been postponed

E. to be postponed

 

8. It was a miracle that neither of the passengers nor the driver …. injured in the accident.

A. they were

B. was

C. to be

D. were

E. he was

 

9. The increase in the sales of new cars ….. not expected to make traffic jams worse.

A. is

B. are

C. be

D. being

E. to be

 

!0. In the next poetry contest, each of the contestants …. expected to be more critical and more accurate in pronunciation.

A. is

B. are

C. they have

D. to be

E. being

 

11. The way he smiles and ….. many beautiful girls.

A. to attract

B. it attracts

C. attracts

D. attracting

E. attract

 

12. One of the problems faced by foreign businessmen …. the frequent changing of regulations.

A. are

B. is being

C. Be

D. is

E. to be

 

13. Because of  the monetary crisis, the number of people without jobs ….. at the moment.

A. increase

B. is increasing

C. increase

D. was increasing

E. will increase

 

14. At the beginning of the semester ,  every student …… given a new time-table.

A. he is

B. they are

C. are

D. is

E. be

 

15. Is Yanti  still in the Training Department?

No, She ……to the sales department.

A. has transferred

B. being transferred

C. has been transferring

D. to be transferred

E. has been transferred

 

16. Her book  is not here anymore. It must have …….. .

A. being taken away

B. took away

C. taken away

D. been taking away

E been taken away

 

17. This is a very popular TV program. Every week it ……. by millions of people.

A. watches

B. being watched

C. is watched

D. has watched

E. to be watched

 

18. Can we get tickets for the second show of the “Jurassic park?” I think they ……

A. are sold out

B. are to be sold out

C. have been sold

D. be sold out

E. are selling them out

 

19. What happened to her T shirt? Oh, … when she jumped over the fence.

A. It was torn

B. to be torn

C. It tore

D. tearing

E. be torn

 

20. I don’t know how to arrange these flowers. I’d rather ……

A. do it

B. have to do it

C. have it done

D. it has been done

E. have done it