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let somebody do something: erlauben/zulassen

  • positive sentence They let her watch a film. vs. negative sentence They don't let her watch a film.
  • Be careful and use the correct tense!
  • You have to add a pronoun in the gap (me/you/him.her.it/us/you/them), for example:

Tim is a good student, so his parents _________ a film. (watch) = ... so his parents let him watch a film.


meet - go (2x) - play - ride

a) Sam likes football so much. That's why his parents _____ to the stadium every weekend.

b) Sally hasn't done her homework for 2 weeks. As a result, her parents ______ to the party next Friday.

c) Pete is a good friend. He ______ his bike quite often.

d) Henry wasn't there. They ______ his friends last Monday.

e) Jane is not very nice. She ______ her guitar.


solutions: let


make somebody do something: (er)zwingen

  • positive sentence They make her cook dinner. vs. negative sentence They don't make her cook dinner.
  • Be careful and use the correct tense!
  • You have to add a pronoun in the gap (me/you/him.her.it/us/you/them), for example:

Ann is not a good student, so her parents _________ harder. (study) = ... so her parents make her study harder.


do (2x) - clean - give - send in

a) Buck stole Pete's bike. His parents _____ it back to Pete yesterday.

b) Sally hasn't done her homework for 2 weeks. As a result, her parents ______ extra exercises to her teacher.

c) Pete hasn't got a tidy room. His father ______ next weekend.

d) Henry doesn't like school. His mother ______ his homework every day.

e) Mr Clark is a nice teacher. He ______ the exercise again.


solutions: make


have something done: etwas machen lassen

  • positive sentence He has his car repaired at the shop. vs. negative sentence He won't have his hair cut there.
  • Be careful and use the correct tense!
  • You have to add a pronoun in the gap (me/you/him.her.it/us/you/them), for example:

Tim doesn't paint the wall himself. He _____ by Steve. = He has his wall painted by Steve.


a) Jim didn't paint his car. He _____ at the local shop.

b) Sandra won't cook our meal. She ______ by a friend.

c) Tom can't put all the pieces of the puzzle together, so he ______ by his father.


solutions: have