1Can you ............... me $1,000 until payday?
Wrong!
Use "lend" when you give something to someone for a short time.
2The fireplace ............... a coziness to the room.
Wrong!
Here "lends" means adds or gives a quality to something.
3We ............... full support to their plan.
Wrong!
Use "lent" in the expression "lent full support" to mean gave support.
4May I ............... your camera?
Wrong!
Use "borrow" when you take something from someone for a short time and return it later.
5You may ............... my car, but you have to return it by evening.
Wrong!
Use "borrow" because the listener may use the car and then return it.
6He ............... his opponent in the election.
Wrong!
Use "beat" when someone defeats a person or group.
7Don't ............... on the door.
Wrong!
Use "beat" to mean hit repeatedly.
8............... the egg whites until they are stiff.
Wrong!
Use "Beat" to mean mix food quickly and strongly.
9Whenever we play chess, she ............... me.
Wrong!
Use "beats" because she defeats me in the game.
10I ............... whenever I play chess with my sister because she is much better than me.
Wrong!
Use "lose" when you do not win a game or competition.
11What happened to the $100 I ............... you?
Wrong!
Use "lent" because you gave the money to someone temporarily.
12He ............... my lawnmower and broke it.
Wrong!
Use "borrowed" because he took the lawnmower temporarily and was expected to return it.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Can you lend me $1,000 until payday?
- The fireplace lends a coziness to the room.
- We lent full support to their plan.
- May I borrow your camera?
- You may borrow my car, but you have to return it by evening.
- He beat his opponent in the election.
- Don’t beat on the door.
- Beat the egg whites until they are stiff.
- Whenever we play chess, she beats me.
- I lose whenever I play chess with my sister because she is much better than me.
- What happened to the $100 I lent you?
- He borrowed my lawnmower and broke it.