A lot of students misuse these two lexical verbs by using "borrow" in a right context for "lend" and "lend" instead of "borrow".
To make it clear, it is for a giver to lend while it is for a receiver to borrow.
When you as a giver is sending something out to a person without getting paid or receiving something different in return but with an aim of collecting the exact what you give to the person back after a period of time, in that case you "lend". Its past tense is 'lent'.
Consider:
1. John, please lend me your motorcycle for two hours.
2. When will you return it if I lend you $10,000 now?
Whereas, if you as a receiver intends to receive something from someone else with an aim to return it after some time, you "borrow".
Consider:
3. John, please can I borrow your motorcycle for two hours?
4. I will return it in two days time, if I borrow the $10,000 from you.
Therefore, it is incorrect to say:
5. Please, borrow me your pen until tomorrow evening - X Incorrect
Or
6. Let me lend your computer for tonight. - X Incorrect
Consider the following for practice:
1. The doctor and his wife promise to ............... the man their second car to travel.
A . lent
B. Borrowed
C. Borrow
D. Lend
2. Madam Smart used to ............. money from me almost every time.
A. borrowed
B. lending
C. borrow
D. vorrows
3. I ............ Mr. Smart my most favorite car yesterday by has failed his promise to return it today.
A. lent
B. borrow
C. rent
D. lend
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