LEND or BORROW?

LEND or BORROW?

Hello and welcome back to English with Lucy.

I’m trying again with my new microphone. Hopefully it works. will. Will see today. We’re going to be talking about two verbs that often confuse my students and the verbs are to lend and to borrow. Now these verbs are so confusing. Because, they mean roughly the same thing. the only difference is the direction now. I’ve got some secret tricks that I can give you today. That will make sure that you use these verbs correctly 100% of the time.

I’ve got some good methods of remembering which is which. And we’re going to put them into practice today as well. So, firstly, what do they mean? Well to lend means to give something to somebody for a limited amount of time. So you expect to receive it back. to borrow on the other hand means to receive something for a limited amount of time. and they expect you to give it back. So to lend means to give and to borrow means to receive both for a limited amount of time. the verb to borrow is regular the infinitive to borrow the past simple borrowed and the past participle borrowed again. Lend on the other hand is irregular. the infinitive lend the past simple lent and the past participle lent.

Now I always tell my students that in order to remember it you need to think of the syllables. lend one syllable give one syllable. Borrow two syllables receive two syllables so we know that lend give borrow receive easier that.

So, let’s put this into practice then I’m going to use my lovely cousins John and Katie John and Katie. I hope you don’t mind. So, John needs ten pounds and Katie have 10 Pam so John could say Katie can you lend me 10 pounds? He could also say Katie can I borrow 10 pounds? but he could not say Katie can you borrow me 10 pounds? And that’s a mistake that I often hear. Now Katie has got the 10 pounds and she would like to give it to John for that limited amount of time.

So, she could say. Yes. John I can lend you 10 pounds. She could also say: yes John you can borrow 10 pounds.But she can’t say yes John I can borrow you 10 pounds. so, just remember that. so, make sure you understand the direction in this situation John has borrowed ten pounds from Katie. same situation different direction katie has lent 10 pounds to John. so, John has borrowed from Katie.

He’s received the 10 pounds and katie has lent 10 pounds to John. she given him 10 pounds. So hopefully that is a little bit clearer now. I would like to test you. So, we’re going to have a quiz. I’m going to give you 5 seconds to guess the answer. And then the answer will appear. Ok, so, let’s look at number one. could you owe me your Ferrari? Could you me your Ferrari? Which one will it be ok? The answer is lend .Could you lend me your Ferrari? and we know that it’s lend. because, we’ve got me. I could say could you give me your Ferrari? I couldn’t say could you receive me your Ferrari? So, if you’re in doubt try it. we give or receive and that should tell you which one it will be ok.

Number 2 . No way, last time you my Ferrari you crashed it. No way, last time you my Ferrari you crashed it. Which will it be okay? The answer is borrowed. Make sure you think of the verb in its correct form. No way, last time you borrowed my Ferrari you crashed it. No way, last time you borrowed my Ferrari you crashed it.

So, number three. I mmm this t-shirt from Felicity. I this t-shirt from felicity. Which one is it? it’s borrowed. The reason it’s borrowed, is because we’ve got from I borrow. From I lend to.

Okay, number four. Did you him your ps4? Did you him your ps4? Which one is it? It lend .Did you lend him your ps4? Did you lend him your ps4? We’ve got him. So we know it’s lent.

Okay. number five. You shouldn’t mmm money. You shouldn’t mmm money. Which one is it?

This one’s difficult. Okay. this one was a trick one it can be both borrow or lend you shouldn’t lend money you shouldn’t borrow money. That’s not my opinion. Right, all right guys that’s it for today’s lesson.