he lent me yesterday

lentin A Sentence 1 You Lentyour diamond necklace for her wedding. 0 2 They are Lentfor the federal funds rate. 0 3 Subsequently, between 2008 to 2014, Banks Lentindiscriminately. 0 4 He Lentme two books. 0 5 I Lenther books and answered questions. 0 6 Today, Buddhists mark the beginning of Buddhist Lent. 0 7 Excel­Lent, cheers for the feedback. 0 Answer (1 of 5): "He told me yesterday that he would go to agra the following day". This, I think would be the most appropriate way to say that sentence. However it is possible that I may be wrong as there are many people more learned in the English language than me, who would think otherwise. Lent, in the Christian church, a period of penitential preparation for Easter. In Western churches it begins on Ash Wednesday, six and a half weeks before Easter, and provides a 40-day period for fasting and abstinence (Sundays are excluded), in imitation of Jesus Christ's fasting in the wilderness before he began his public ministry. In Eastern churches Lent begins on the Monday of the Vay Tiền Nhanh Chỉ Cần Cmnd. As mentioned, it’s the context that matters. Contrast Q Do you know if Ralph knows how to make bird houses? A Yes, just yesterday he showed me several of the bird houses he has made Q Did Ralph make bird houses when he was younger? A Yes, just yesterday he showed me several bird houses he had made. A Yes, just yesterday he showed me several bird house he made when he was a boy. The distinction between 2 and 3 is not very great, since they both suggest the idea that Ralph's bird-house-making days are over. Number 1, however, conveys the idea that Ralph might very well make another bird house tomorrow. Unsolicited advice Avoid tacking "-wise" on the end of words to create adverbs. They can get unwieldy Q Is Ralph a good carpenter? A Well, I wouldn't ask him to build a house, but he's OK bird house wise. The following is a list of 101 Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense with example sentences in English Present tense – Past Tense Example Sentence Be – was/were They were happy. ….. The boy was tired. Become – became They became very angry. begin – began He began work at seven. bend – bent He bent over to pick up the newspaper. bet – bet He bet all of his money. bite – bit The dog bit the postman. bleed – bled My finger bled for a while. blow – blew She blew some bubbles. break – broke She broke her pencil. bring – brought The waiter brought my order to the table. build – built The boy built a sandcastle. buy – bought She bought many things at the shopping mall. catch – caught He caught a small fish. choose – chose He chose something from the menu. come – came She came to my birthday party wearing a costume. cost – cost It cost me a lot of money. cut – cut She cut the paper with a pair of scissors. deal – dealt She dealt the cards to the other players. dig – dug The dog dug a hole in the backyard. do – did She did her homework. draw – drew He drew another cartoon. drink – drank He drank a glass of water. drive – drove The clown drove a small car. eat – ate She ate all of the cake. fall – fell The bowling ball fell on his foot. feed – fed She fed the pigeons. feel – felt She felt cold. fight – fought They fought with pillows. find – found She found a coin on the ground. fly – flew The pilot flew to another city. forget – forgot I forgot what I had to do. forgive – forgave She forgave him. freeze – froze He froze outside in the blizzard. get – got He got the high score. give – gave My children gave me a birthday present. go – went The kids went to the local park to play. grow – grew Flowers grew under the hammock. hang – hung The monkey hung from the branch. have – had I had pancakes for breakfast. hear – heard She heard a sound coming from the box. hide – hid He hid his face. hit – hit The ball hit the back of her head. hold – held She held an egg in her hand. hurt – hurt You hurt my feelings. keep – kept He kept his tools in a toolbox. know – knew She knew the answer. lead – led He led his pet along the street. leave – left They left the office at 5 o’clock. lend – lent He lent me some money. let – let My boss let me leave work early. light – lit He lit a match. lose – lost He lost the match. make – made She made a chocolate cake. mean – meant I don’t know what you meant. meet – met We met for the first time yesterday. pay – paid She paid her taxes. put – put He put his suggestion in the box. quit – quit He quit his job last month. read – read I read the book in three days. ride – rode She rode her horse. ring – rang He rang the doorbell. rise – rose Profits rose considerably last year. run – ran He ran in the marathon. say – said He said that he liked flowers. see – saw The pirate saw another ship in the distance. sell – sold He sold lemonade in front of his house. send – sent He sent a postcard. set – set He set the table. shake – shook Everything in the house shook during the earthquake. shine – shone He shone a flashlight to see where he was going. shoot – shot He shot at the target. shut – shut The boy shut his eyes. sing – sang She sang very well. sink – sank He slowly sank in the quicksand. sit – sat They sat on the park bench. sleep – slept He slept in the armchair. slide – slid She slid to second base. speak – spoke He spoke about how to be successful in life. speed – sped He sped along the road. spend – spent He spent all of his money on a new bicycle. spin – spun The dancer spun around very quickly. spread – spread I spread a lot of jam on the bread. stand – stood A guard stood at the entrance. steal – stole The thief stole a painting from the museum. stick – stuck Some chewing gum stuck to the bottom of his shoe. sting – stung A bee stung my arm. strike – struck He struck the ball well. sweep – swept The man swept the path. swim – swam The boy swam to the edge of the pool. swing – swung He swung on a vine. take – took She took her medication. teach – taught He taught geography at a local high school. tear – tore She tore the paper in half. tell – told I told you to be careful. think – thought He thought about a possible solution to the problem. throw – threw She threw the can into the bin. understand – understood He understood the lesson. wake – woke He woke up at 6 o’clock. wear – wore She wore a blue hat and a blue dress. win – won He won three medals. write – wrote The teacher wrote a message on the board. Summary Charts English Language Resource Lesson tags Irregular, Past Tense, Verbs Back to English Course > Past Tense in English My Webster's New world Dictionary does not contain the word "loaned" at all, but my Thesaurus does, and the word "lent" is the first synonym listed. My wife, who learned English as a second language and therefore often speaks it better than I do, insists "lent" is more correct than "loaned" as the past tense verb form. Which is more correct? gold badges199 silver badges345 bronze badges asked Mar 21, 2013 at 1530 3 They are two different verbs "to lend" is conjugated "lend, lent, have lent", and "to loan" is conjugated "loan, loaned, have loaned". According to Merriam-Webster, the verb to loan has died out in the This is corroborated by Google Ngrams, although it now appears to have been reintroduced from AmE. Thus, for BrE, your wife is correct. For AmE, both lent and loaned are fine. answered Mar 21, 2013 at 1540 Peter Shor Peter Shor gold badges175 silver badges293 bronze badges 4 There is a difference in usage a book is lent by a friend but loaned by a library, even if it is a lending library. I think loaned is preferred in the more formal contractual setting. answered Feb 18, 2015 at 1017 During the 1950s and 1960s when I was a student in a private, Catholic school, "lent" would have been only used for the weeks before Easter, not in place of "loaned" in common English usage. If you did use lent, it had better be for the former reason and not the latter. Fortunately, since it was a grade school, this did not come up as a problem for us students because we couldn't yet write as well as high school and college students, but, of course, we were taught the "correct" usage of terms and there was no room for the evolution of the language. answered Dec 29, 2014 at 1330 2

he lent me yesterday