Fill in the blanks with leave or let go of.
1............... the room at once.
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Use "Leave" to mean go away from a place.
2The circus ............... town this morning.
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The past simple form of "leave" is "left".
3............... that window open, please.
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Use "Leave" to mean keep something in a particular state.
4The boy ............... school in the middle of the year.
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Use "left" for a completed action in the past.
5............... the diagnosis to the doctor.
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Use "Leave" to mean let someone else deal with something.
6The cigarette ............... a bad taste in my mouth.
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Use "left" to mean caused something to remain as a result.
7He ............... a wife and three children behind.
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Use "left" to mean that people remained after someone was gone or dead.
8The man ............... most of his money to charity.
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Use "left" to mean gave something by will after death.
9He took ............... after thanking his host.
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The fixed expression is "take leave" when someone says goodbye before going away.
10He went on ............... for two weeks.
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Use "leave" for permitted time away from work or duty.
11To move forward, she had to ............... the past.
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Use "let go of" to mean stop holding on to something emotionally.
12After the breakup, it was not easy for me to ............... him emotionally.
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Use "let go of" to mean stop being emotionally attached to someone.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Leave the room at once.
- The circus left town this morning.
- Leave that window open, please.
- The boy left school in the middle of the year.
- Leave the diagnosis to the doctor.
- The cigarette left a bad taste in my mouth.
- He left a wife and three children behind.
- The man left most of his money to charity.
- He took leave after thanking his host.
- He went on leave for two weeks.
- To move forward, she had to let go of the past.
- After the breakup, it was not easy for me to let go of him emotionally.
