Lend, borrow; let; leave; teach,
learn
Pgs. 156-158
What’s wrong with these
sentences?
• May I borrow your umbrella? Leave me
have it, and I will learn you how to make a
new word out of EDWRAWON.
Lend, borrow; let; leave; teach,
learn
• Here are three more verb pairs that are
sometimes confused.
• Lend means “to give temporarily”. Borrow
means “to take temporarily”.
• Will you lend me your boots?
• May I borrow them for a hike?
Lend, borrow; let; leave; teach,
learn
• Let and leave have different meanings too.
The verb let means “to permit”.
• The verb leave means “to go away” or “to
allow to remain in one place”.
• My brothers let me go with them.
• Tomorrow we leave for a camping trip.
• I will leave my camera in the tent.
Lend, borrow; let; leave; teach,
learn
• The third confusing pair is teach and learn.
• Teach means “to give instruction”.
• Learn means “to get instruction”.
• Alice will teach tennis.
• Babies learn very fast.
Answer 1-10 on pg. 156
• 1. Learn
• 2. Teach
• 3. Learn
• 4. Teach
• 5. Learn
• 6. Leave
• 7. Let
• 8. Leave
• 9. Lend
• 10. borrow
11-22
• 11. Teach
• 12. Teach
• 13. Learn
• 14. Let
• 15. Let
• 16. Borrow
• 17. Lend
• 18. Leave
• 19. Teach
• 20. Borrow
• 21. Lend, let
• 22. leave