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Since the causative form does not even exist in many other widely spoken languages, teaching it can be hard. That’s why E-planet is here to help!

The Warm-up Activity

Beginners / Young Learners & Teens

Write the word ‘HOPP in the middle of the board and explain that it stands for Have, Object and Past Participle. That’s an easy memory tool!

Then say to your English students that you know someone who is multi-talented and can do everything! But since you can’t or don’t want to do everything yourself, you need to get someone to do things for you. That’s why you need to know the causative form.

After providing some examples and making sure that your students understand the main idea (you cause the action by having another person do it), proceed to the next activity.

The Crazy Billionaire

Beginners / Young Learners & Teens

Tell your students to imagine that they are billionaires who have more money than sense! Ask them to give you some examples of their weird and fun daily routines, e.g. ‘I have my hair done every day by top stylists!’.

The HOPP Worksheet

Beginners & Pre-intermediate / Young Learners & Teens

Help your students practise the causative form with the help of some fun exercises from our Summer Voices 6 course

Download it here: HOPP – the causative form..

The Causative Form Board Game

Beginners & Pre-intermediate / Young Learners & Teens

Let your students play in pairs and form sentences using the causative form. If a wrong answer is given, the pair goes back three spaces. The first pair to reach the FINISH box wins the game!

Download it here: The Causative Form Board Game.