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1 READ & NOTICE THE GRAMMAR.

A What do people in your culture do to make themselves more attractive? How do they
prepare themselves for special events? Tell a partner. Then read the blog.

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Here comes the bride!

Hello, everyone. The last time I wrote, everyone
in my family was looking forward to my sister’s
wedding. Well, the big day finally arrived, and it was
my job to help her get ready. It is traditional for an
Indian bride to wear elaborate! makeup and clothes.

My sister got her hair done at a salon, but she
let me do her makeup. I used mascara and eyeliner
to make her eyes stand out. Indian brides also have
beautiful patterns painted on their hands witha
reddish-brown dye called henna. I am not skilled
enough to do this, so she had a professional henna
artist paint her hands.
I helped her put a traditional bindi on her
forehead, and then my mother and I helped her
get dressed. My mother let my sister borrow some
fancy gold jewelry.

My sister was stunning on her wedding day, and
her husband looked attractive, too. He had gotten
his hair cut, and his face was clean-shaven to show
oft his jawline and cheekbones. He was dressed

in a modern suit. He also had on a cool expensive
watch. He made his brother lend it to him for the
wedding.

I'll write more about the wedding in my next
post!

1 elaborate: very fancy

GRAMMAR FOCUS
In the blog in exercise A, the writer uses the following types of causative verbs:

Have, let, and make — * show when one person causes someone to do
something or gives permission to do something
(... she let me do her makeup.)
Help e shows when someone assists someone else
(it was my job to help her get ready .. .)
Passive causatives ¢ talk about services that others do for someone
(My sister got her hair done atasaion...)

292 CAUSATIVE VERB PATTERNS AND PHRASAL VERBS
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