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Make, Let, Be Allowed To
Make, Let, Be Allowed To
Make, Let, Be Allowed To
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Make
• Make is used to say what a person obliges another
person to do.
Form :
Make + Object + Verb (Without To)
Examples:
• She makes me study a lot = She obliges me to study a lot.
Form :
Make + Object + Verb (Without To)
• Examples:
• I’ll let you go out tonight. = I give you
permission to go out tonight.
More examples
• My mother wouldn’t let me go to the party since
the chance to get infected is very big.
• I know, you didn’t do your best. You just let me
win every time.
• They won’t let their children make their own
decisions.
• Don’t let me go, I can’t live without you.
• The school let us study from home for two weeks
and a half.
Be allowed to
• Be allowed is used to say what you can/can’t do.
Form :
Be allowed to + Verb infinitive (Without To)
Examples:
• We aren’t allowed to smoke in the office. = We can’t smoke in the
office.
We are allowed to smoke in the office. = We can smoke in the office.
• Past tense: was/were allowed
• We were allowed to smoke in the office.
More examples
• They are always allowed to hang out with their
friends and stay out late.
• We are not allowed to go there.
• Are they allowed to wear costumes this Halloween ?
• The students are not allowed to step on the grass.
• We are allowed to wear jeans during weekends.
Practice
Example:
Subject: Alicia Sembiring – X PMIA 2 – Worksheet 1