How to use ‘Let’ & ‘Allow’ with permissions?

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Finished watching the lesson, now its time to test how much have you learned from this lesson. Take the quiz below on transportation prepositions.

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1. Don’t _____ the cat drink the milk.

 Let

 Allow

2. I didn’t _________ him to listen to music last week.

 Let

 Allow

3. Why don’t you _____ me do my work?

 Let

 Allow

4. The manager __________ all the rules to be broke.

 Let

 Allowed

5. The team leader hasn’t _________ Sam attend the meeting today.

 Let

 Allowed

6. She _________her kids to cook.

 Allows

 Lets

7. Don’t _____ yourself be hurt in this mess.

 Let

 Allow

8. We never __________ Sarah to speak to John after their divorce.

 Let

 Allowed

9. Don’t ________ him talk to you so aggressively!

 Let

 Allowed

10. We didn’t ___________ the students to take their projects home.

 Allow

 Let

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In this Advanced English Grammar lesson, you are going to learn how to use ‘let’ and ‘allow’ as permissive verbs and how to use them in your daily English conversation.

Let: is a verb that indicates permission. Its three forms remain the same.

The structure used is ‘let somebody do something’

• Example: Maria opened the door and let her dog go outside.
• Example: John never lets me pay for dinner.
• Example: He let his son watch television last night.
• Another structure used is ‘let something be done.’
• Example: Don’t let your mind be changed.
• Example: You left the keys in the ignition and the door unlocked. You let your car be stolen.

Allow: is a verb that indicates permission. Its three forms are allow (present), allowed (past) and allowed (past participle).

The structure used is ‘allow somebody to do something.’

• Example: My boss never allows me to go home early.
• Example: She doesn’t allow her children to cross the road alone.
• Example: We allowed Maria and John to stay out late last night.
• Another structure used is ‘allow something to be done.’
• Example: Our boss never allows a single rule to be broken.
• Example: The mother would never let her baby be harmed.