Make, Let and Allow: Multiple Choice

Choose the words that complete each sentence. Read the whole text to see whether someone is forced to do something or allowed to do it. Your first choice counts.

1. A: You look exhausted. B: My boss _____ late again. I wanted to go home, and I didn't even get paid for it.

2. At my old school, we _____ a tie every day, which most of us hated.

3. Cutting onions always _____ and my nose run.

4. As a birthday treat, my older sister _____ her new laptop all afternoon.

5. The museum was almost empty, so the guard _____ a few photos, as long as we didn't use a flash.

6. Our team won the cup, and as a reward we _____ it home for a week.

7. Dad _____ after dinner, even though we always complain.

8. Our local library _____ up to ten books at a time, which is great for my children.

9. Two boys had been fighting in the playground, so they _____ behind and pick up litter.

10. To my relief, the company _____ a test: the interview was just a chat.

11. Our landlord is kind and easy-going: he _____ the walls any colour we like.

12. Our teacher _____ part in the quiz if we felt shy, because it was optional.

13. A: How was the cookery class? B: Awful! We had no choice: we _____ everything we'd cooked, even the burnt bits.

14. When I turned sixteen, I _____ to a concert without my parents at last.

15. My little sister cried until Grandad _____ the last biscuit, even though Mum had said no.

16. I hated peas as a child, but Mum _____ them all.

17. We were desperate to swim, but the lifeguard _____ in because of the jellyfish.

18. I never wanted to learn the piano, but I _____ lessons for six years.

19. A: Are you coming to the cinema tonight? B: I can't. My parents _____ out on a school night.

20. We _____ the science lab without a teacher: it's a safety rule.