Abstract

Abstract
causative verbs, in general, refer to the relationship between two events. It refers to an event that is stimulated by another person or power. Grammatically, it is used todescribe the relationship between two events in which the second event is a consequence of the first event. The current study investigates how some students can not differentiate between the meanings of the common causative verbs (have) and (get). The researcher aims to evaluate the effectiveness of employing casual conversations in improving the relevant participants' understanding and/or correct usage/use of causative verbs (have) and (get). It is hypothesized that casual conversations can be used as a technique in teaching students the two causative verbs (have) and (get). An experiment is conducted on a group of students at Noor Al-Iraq Preparatory School for Girls. The students are divided into two groups: the control group and the experimental group. The control group are taught causative verbs with the usual teaching methods while the experimental group are taught the two causative verbs (have) and (get) using short casual conversations that are presented for them using a projector. The results of the test reveal that the students of the experimental group provided correct responses to most of the items of the test whereas the students of the control group responded to a few items.