Hi friends , I am Rachna and I am back , well last evening I happened to meet my friend's
daughter who is in class three and she was in a very bad mood, very upset, very angry,
very rebellious , so I asked her what happened anshe said- I dislike my teacher , she makes
me do a lot of homework and I said okay, that's alright, she has a right to make you do a
lot of homework and well she uses her authority so she can make you do a lot of homework,
fair enough. So she went her told her mother - I am really upset , mother said - well you
have to do your homework. She said - I will do it on one condition, If you buy me an
ice cream, so you know what she did, she got her mother to buy her an ice cream.
Well this is what we are gonna learn in today's class - using the two verbs Make and Get , not in
the literal meaning , but as causative verbs, so they are causatives, when I say causative
, means someone is causing an action from the other person, so you cause someone to
do something, make people do things, okay. So we are gonna take a look at Make now. Make
is the present form, the past is made. Well in the beginning of this lesson , I told you
she was upset because She said that- My teacher makes me do a lot of homework, that means,
when she used make , it means you make somebody do something , that's the structure. So when
you make somebody do something , you are using authority, power or you force someone, you
compel someone leaving the other person with little or no option left, okay. So it could
be out of force, to compel, use authority, okay. So let's take a look at the first example
- I wanted to get home early , well I am talking about yesterday so I wanted is the past tense
, I wanted to get home early, but my boss made me stay late. Well last minute work pressure,
had to complete a project, so my boss made me stay late. So, why am I using made me stay
late, because my boss caused me , he is the causative that I stayed late alright? Now
let's look at the structure , Make somebody do something , so this is the past , made
somebody, who's that somebody , me. Do something , do what? stay late.Now why do I use this
structure, because my boss uses authority, he doesn't have to request me or kind of beg
me or cajole me to stay late, it's my job he's give me some assignments that I have
to complete or rather I had to complete yesterday, so he made me stay late, now if you look at
the verb made , that's in the past tense, it does not mean to make or to produce or
to manufacture something, it takes a different meaning, it becomes causative verb and this
causative verb in this structure means - Somebody makes you ... make somebody do something okay,
so here my boss made me ,I am the somebody, do what? stay late. So he is the causative
, made is the causative , becomes a causative, he made me to stay late, okay. Let's take
a look at the next sentence - Heavy rains made us stay inside all day. Well it was a
situation , again we are talking about probably last week, past tense now make somebody , make
who? we ... us , now do what ? stay inside all day, well we were forced to , we are compelled
to , we couldn't get out in the heavy rains , so there was no option. So the correct way
to use it is ,'heavy rains made us stay inside all day. There was very little option or rather
no option left, okay. So, it was a situation where we were forced to do something. And
what caused us to stay inside the house? Heavy rain, alright? In my last example, 'The policeman
made John pull over. Okay, so made John pull over because he was speeding. Now, the policeman
has enough authority. He can use his power, his authority. He does not have to beg you.
He does not have to request you. You've broken the rule, so what he's gonna do? He made John
pull over because he was speeding, okay. So that means he caused him to pull over. There
was no option, he used his authority, he stopped John and gave him a ticket, okay. Now, a lot
of people make this common error, uh, by saying 'the policeman made John to pull over'. They
put 'to'. So remember, never use 'to' when you're using 'make' in a causative sentence.
Okay. So remember, you make somebody do something. You do not make somebody to do something.
Do not use 'to'. Alright, remember this. So when you use power, authority, when you force
when you compel someone, remember, you use 'make', alright? I hope this is clear to you.
Now we're going to take a look at 'how to use ,'get' as a causative sentences. Okay
So, when you use 'get', the structure is 'get somebody to do something'. Okay, so you get
somebody to do something. It does not, get here does not mean literally 'to bring'. It's
just a way of saying you get somebody to do something. Now, this structure is a little
different from 'make' because like you saw. Make is, you make somebody do something. Here
is, you get somebody to do something. So, when do we use a structure like this? We use
it when you want to say that you have really convinced, maybe begged or even kinda cajoled
someone to do something. So, sometimes you have to make a lot of request to people to
do something for you. So that is the time you use 'get somebody to do something', okay.
So in my first example, he got me to sell my old car at a very low price. So a friend
of mine really convinced me and requested me to sell my car to him at a very low price.
So he really maybe even begged me, cajoled me and said, "Rachna we are good friends,
we've been friends for long, so come on sell the car to me at this price." So yes, he got
me to sell my car, okay. Now, if I use 'he made me sell my car, it, I mean would your
friend really force you and compel you? No, he would request you and kinda of convince
you to sell the car at a very low price, low price. So here, I'm using the past tense of
'get', that's 'got', okay. So, he got me to sell. So in this structure, remember you have
to use 'to', unlike in the structure of 'make'., okay. In the next example, Maria always gets
her baby to stop crying. Now when a baby is crying, can you shout at him and force him?
No. what do we do? We cajole him, we convince him, we probably show him toys and you know
try to calm him down. So, the effort, the convincing that you put in, okay, or that
you do, is always gets her baby to stop crying. Now this is the present form of the verb and
remember to put an 's' because this Maria is the third person, okay. So well, a regular
habit of hers, she always gets her baby to stop crying. Don't forget to add the 'to'
because this would be wrong-Maria always get her baby stop crying. No. She gets her baby
to do something. Okay, so get get somebody, her baby, to do something, to stop crying,
okay. In my last example, we have-My mother got me to cook dinner for her. Well, so when
I got home last evening, my mother cajoled me and said, "Oh, come one, today is your
turn, please. I'm tired and I don't think I can go to the kitchen." Well, so she convinced
me, she cajoled me and well she promised me, promised to take me shopping next week. So
yes so she convinced me to cook dinner for her. So what did she do? She got me to cook
dinner for her. But, supposing my mother forced me, there was no option, she told me, "Rachna,
you have to. " Then I would you use she, she made me cook dinner for her. Okay, friends.
So, this is the basic difference between both the sentences. Both are grammatically correct.
The only thing you need to remember is, when you make somebody do something, that means
you are forcing, you are compelling. But yes, when you you get somebody to do something,
you're kind of convincing, you're cajoling, you're begging, you're requesting, you're
pleading, okay. So, I hope this lesson is clear and well this brings me to the end of
this lesson. I have a small test for you. Please take the test by going on to 'learnex
dot in'. Do let me know your scores. I'll be back soon with a new lesson., till then,
take care and bye.