Causative Verbs — Hacer, dejar, mandar — Practice

Exercise 1

Choose the causative

6 points

hacer, dejar, mandar or pedir?

1

Esa canción siempre me ______ llorar.

2

Mis padres no me ______ ver la tele entre semana.

3

El médico le ______ guardar cama una semana.

4

Le ______ que me acompañara al aeropuerto.

5

¿Me ______ tu diccionario un momento?

6

El humo nos ______ toser a todos.

Exercise 2

Build the structure

5 points

Type the missing word.

1

That joke made me laugh. → Ese chiste me hizo ______. (one word)

2

Let me see! → ¡______ ver! (déjame as one word)

3

She stopped smoking. → ______ de fumar. (dejar, indefinido, ella)

4

I had my hair cut. → Me ______ el pelo. (cortar, indefinido)

5

I asked her to come. → Le pedí ______ viniera. (one word)

Exercise 3

Natural Spanish

5 points

Pick the version a native would say.

1

"My boss makes us work weekends":

2

"They won't let me park here":

3

"I'll have the documents sent" (formal):

4

"Can I borrow your charger?":

5

"The teacher had us write an essay":