Topic: Make, let and allow
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Quiz topic: Make, let and allow
1. If we behave badly in class, our teacher_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stay late and do extra work.
a) must
b) lets us
c) allows us to
d) makes us
2. My daughter\u2019s school_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the children to wear jeans and T-shirts \u2013 not
like in my day!
a) makes
b) lets
c) has to
d) allows
3. I hate school, the teachers make us_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so much homework every day!
a) do
b) doing
c) to do
d) did
4. On Friday afternoons our teacher sometimes lets us_ _ _ _ _ _ _ home early.
a) go
b) to go c) going d) went
5. When I was a boy we were made_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ correct school uniform at all times!
a) wear
b) to wear
c) wearing
d) wore
6. \u201cExcuse me sir, are we allowed_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dictionaries into the exam?\u201d
a) take
b) to take
c) taking
d) took
BBC Learning English \u2013 Quiznet
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Quiz topic: Make, let and allow
Answ ers:
1. If we behave badly in class, out teacher_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stay late and do extra work.
a) must
b) lets us
c) allows us to
d) makes us
It\u2019s the students who must stay late and do extra work \u2013 not the teacher.
If you let someone do something, you allow it or give permission.
If you allow someone to do something, you let them do something or give permission.
I f you make someone do something, you say \u2018you have to do it\u2019; you give them
no choice.
2. My daughter\u2019s school_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the children to wear jeans and T-shirts \u2013 not
like in my day!
a) makes
b) lets
c) has to
d) allows
If you make someone do something you say they have to do it, but in this case the
children have permission to do something.
The verb \u2018let\u2019 means give permission, but it is followed by a verb without \u2018to\u2019: let
someone do something.
\u2018Has to\u2019 is not correct.
I f you allow someone to do something, you give permission \u2013 it is follow ed by
the infinitive: allow someone to do something.
3. I hate school, the teachers make us_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so much homework every day!
a) do
b) doing
c) to do
d) did
The verb \u2018make\u2019 is unusual as it is follow ed by \u2018do\u2019 w ithout the infinitive: make
someone do something.
The verb \u2018make\u2019 is unusual as it is followed by \u2018do\u2019 without the infinitive: make
someone do something.
The verb \u2018make\u2019 is unusual as it is followed by \u2018do\u2019 without the infinitive: make
someone do something.
The verb \u2018make\u2019 is unusual as it is followed by \u2018do\u2019 without the infinitive: make
someone do something.
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