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Please express using with a causative form.

1. The coach made players run.
 コーチは せんしゅ ( ) (   )。

answer
を・はしらせました

2. The company president made the employees work until late night.
 しゃちょうは しゃいん ( ) よる おそくまで (   )。

answer
を・はたらかせました

3. The mother made her child eat carrots which the child dislike.
 おかあさんは こども ( ) きらいな にんじん ( ) (   ) 。

answer
に・を・たべさせました

4. The mother made her son do homework.
 おかあさんは むすこ ( ) しゅくだい ( ) (   )。

answer
に・を・させました

5. The father allowed his daughter to play at the park.
 おとうさんは むすめ ( ) こうえんで (   )。

answer
を・あそばせました

6. I don’t feel well, so could you allow me to go home early today?
 きぶんが わるいので、きょうは はやく うちに (    )?

answer
かえらせていただけませんか

A makes B to do

Causative Form is used when “A” forces “B” do something or “A” instructs “B” to do something. Usually “A” is a person who is higher in rank more than “B”.

( A は ) B を Causative Form

Causative sentence with intransitive verbs
A person who is forced to do ( = “B” ) is marked by a particle ““.

( A は ) B に … を Causative Form

Causative sentence with transitive verbs
A person who is forced to do ( = “B” ) is marked by a particle ““.

pattern
Verb Causative Form

いいます
ī-masu

こたえます
kotae-masu

きます
ki-masu
いわせます
i-wase-masu

こたえさせます
kotae-sase-masu

こさせます
kosase-masu

A allows B to do

Causative Form is also used when “A” allows / permits “B” to do something or “A” lets “B’ do something.

( A は ) B を Causative Form

Causative sentence with intransitive verbs

( A は ) B に … を Causative Form

Causative sentence with transitive verbs

Causative Form て-いただけませんか?

meaning : Can you please allow me to do … ?

You ask politely if someone will allow your action.

at work you ask your boss …

at a restaurant you ask the stuff …

pattern
Causative Form te Form いただけませんか?

かえらせる
kae-raseru

やめさせる
yame-saseru

させる
saseru
かえらせていただけませんか?
kae-rasete-itadake-masenka?

やめさせていただけませんか?
yame-sasete-itadake-masenka?

させていただけませんか?
sasete-itadake-masenka?
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The coach made the students swim.

answer
コーチは がくせい およがせました
kōchi [wa] gakusei [o] oyo-gase-mashita.

The mother made her son clean the room.

answer
おかあさんは むすこ へや そうじ させました
okāsan [wa] musuko [ni] heya [o] sōji sase-mashita.

Mr.Tanaka allowed his daughter to go to London for studying.

answer
たなかさんは むすめさん ロンドンに りゅうがく させました
tanaka-san [wa] musumesan [o] rondon [ni] ryūgaku sase-mashita.

Can you please allow me to take a rest for a while ?

answer
すこし やすませていただけませんか
sukoshi yasu-masete-itadake-masenka?

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