使 and 让 can introduce a caused action or state.
Introductory pattern#
Causer + 使 or 让 + affected participant + predicate
Worked teaching example#
这个消息让我很高兴。
This news made me happy.
Practise the distinction#
Identify the cause and the resulting feeling.
The example and exercise are newly written for this lesson. They do not report an event, interview or study. This introduction covers the displayed use, rather than all constructions involving the same words.
Reference#
Grammar reference. The reference supports the grammar point; no example sentence has been copied from it.