Getting People to Do Things

CompleteB2Gerund vs To-Infinitive,Grammar,Reading,Speaking

Main objectives of this material

Develop control of the causative and reporting verb structures English uses to get things done, including make somebody do, let somebody do, have somebody do, get somebody to do, have something done, and the passive be made to do.
Improve reading and speaking skills by analysing a manager's account of a chaotic week and discussing delegation, trust and workload through a real-world delegation role-play.
Learn and practise the difference between the bare infinitive after make, let and have and the to-infinitive after get, allow, encourage and remind, including have something done and the passive was made to, to describe managing and arranging tasks.

What students are going to cover

In this lesson, students will learn how English speakers get other people to do things, through the story of a manager who finally stopped doing everything herself. They will build control of the causative verbs make, let, have, get and help, together with the reporting verbs allow, encourage and remind, while noticing when to use the bare infinitive and when to use the to-infinitive. They will practise have something done and the passive was made to through gap-fills, sentence transformations and a delegation role-play set before a busy product launch. By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to delegate tasks precisely, describe services and arrangements, and talk about being forced or allowed to do things using accurate, natural English.