elt, English Language Teaching, upper intermediate level

1. PAST PRESENT
Paragraph A
Deniz Akkaya changed a lot because of the following reasons. First of all, she had a hairdresser cut
her hair. Second, she got a plastic surgent to operate her nose. Plus, she made an optician change
her eye color. Next, she had another operator doctor thicken her lips. During these operations Deniz
Akkaya’s manager helped her overcome the process. Meanwhile, Deniz Akkaya’s fiancé let her make
all these operations. Without these people’s cooperation she couldn’t have changed her appearance
that much.
Exercise 1: Concept Questions: Write True (T) or False (F) next to the sentences:
1. Deniz Akkaya cut her hair on her own.
2. A plastic surgent changed Deniz Akkaya’s eye colour.
3. Her manager assisted Deniz Akkaya while she was having operations.
4. Deniz Akkaya’s lover alloved her to change her appearance.
Exercise 2: Which grammatical words do we use when we make causative sentences?
Poll question 1: What are the functions of causatives? Choose more than 1 answer, please. There are
6 correct answers.
• Allow/permit
• Ability
• Request
• Possibility
• Assist
• Ask somebody to do so something
• Force someone
• Persuade/convince someone
• Describe someone
• Describe something
• Cause something/ cause somebody to do something

2. Poll question 2: Please read paragraph A and B. There are two types of causatives: ACTIVE
CAUSATIVES and PASSIVE CAUSATIVES. The writer used “Active causatives” in one paragraph and
“Passive causatives” in the other paragraph. In which paragraph did the writer use PASSIVE
CAUSATIVES?
A
or
B
Paragraph A
Deniz Akkaya changed a lot because of the following reasons. First of all, she had a hairdresser cut
her hair. Second, she got a plastic surgent to operate her nose. Plus, she made an optician change
her eye color. Next, she had another operator doctor thicken her lips. During these operations Deniz
Akkaya’s manager helped her overcome the process. Meanwhile, Deniz Akkaya’s fiancé let her make
all these operations. Without these people’s cooperation she couldn’t have changed her appearance
that much.
Paragraph B
Deniz Akkaya changed a lot because of the following reasons. First of all, she had her hair cut.
Second, she got her nose operated. Plus, she had her eye color changed. Next, she had her lips
thickened. During these operations Deniz Akkaya’s manager assisted her to overcome the process.
Meanwhile, Deniz Akkaya’s fiancé allowed her to make all these operations. Without these people’s
cooperation she couldn’t have changed her appearance that much.