Choose the appropriate option to complete the following statement:
'After the meeting concluded, I ______ give my side of the story.'
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → was allowed to
Be allowed to (permission, passive):
- Be allowed to + verb means to be given permission to do something.
- The subject "I" receives the permission, so the passive "was allowed to" is needed.
- The past tense matches "concluded".
Example: After the exam, we were allowed to leave early.
Complete sentence: After the meeting concluded, I was allowed to give my side of the story.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: left to — Incorrect.
- "I left to give my side" would mean I went away in order to give it, which does not fit "give my side of the story" after a meeting.
- It also does not show permission.
Example: He left to catch the evening train.
Option 2: allowed to — Incorrect.
- Without "was", the sentence says I allowed someone, but no object follows; "I allowed to give" is ungrammatical.
- The active form needs an object: "They allowed me to speak."
Example: The teacher allowed us to use calculators.
Option 3: was allowed for — Incorrect.
- To allow for something is to take it into account while planning.
- It is followed by a noun, not by a verb such as "give".
Example: We left early to allow for heavy traffic.
Contrast: be allowed to + verb is permission ("was allowed to give"); allow for + noun is taking something into account ("allow for heavy traffic").