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BBC Learning English Grammar Challenge Let and allow _______________________________________________ Catherine's Grammar Explanation: let and allow Hello Husniye! That's spot on! Matt didn't see much of the concert. When he went out to get a drink, he was refused permission to go back in. In English, to talk about giving and refusing permission, we can use both let and allow. Both words mean 'give permission to do something'. First, here's Matt using let. Matt: …they let me go out to get a drink, but then they wouldn't let me back in! Now the verb let is usually followed by a noun or object pronoun, and then by an infinitive without to. Listen again: Matt: …they let me go out to get a drink… Did you hear it? Let, me, go. Let, pronoun, infinitive. Now, let can be made negative by using an auxiliary verb, like didn't, can't or wouldn't. And it's possible to use a prepositional phrase like 'back in' instead of the infinitive. Listen to Matt: Matt: … they let me go out and get a drink, but then they wouldn't let me back in! Now, we can also use 'allow' to talk about permission. Like 'let', 'allow' is followed by a noun or object pronoun, but then, it takes an infinitive with to, like this: Matt: They allowed me to go out. They allowed me to go out. Like let, you can use won't or wouldn't to make a negative: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Grammar Challenge bbclearningenglish.com ©BBC Learning English 2007 Page 1 of 3 Matt: They wouldn't allow me to go back in. But ‘allow’ is a bit more formal than 'let', and so it's common to find it in the passive form, like this: Matt: 'people who leave the auditorium during a performance are not allowed to re-enter'. So to recap: let and allow are both followed by nouns or object pronouns. 'Let' takes an infinitive without to, and 'allow' takes an infinitive with to. Both can be made negative with an auxiliary verb, and allow is often used in the passive form. Ok, that's all from me. Good luck with your grammar challenge! __________________________________________________________________ Grammar Tables: 'let' and 'allow' Both 'let' and 'allow' can be used to talk about giving and refusing permission. Let subject let object infinitive or prepositional phrase They let me go out and get a drink They wouldn't let me back in subject allow object infinitive with 'to' They allowed me to go out and get a drink She won't allow anyone to smoke in the office Allow ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Grammar Challenge bbclearningenglish.com © BBC Learning English 2007 Page 2 of 3 Allow (passive) passive verb 'to be' subject allowed infinitive with 'to' He allowed to go out and get a drink allowed to smoke in the office wasn't Nobody is ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Grammar Challenge bbclearningenglish.com © BBC Learning English 2007 Page 3 of 3