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Borrow / Lend / Loan

               It means  to allow someone to use something temporarily : Banks lend money.

               'Lend' can also be used figuratively: Lend me your ears = Listen to me.

Loan        'Loan' is most commonly used as a noun.

               It usually refers to a sum of money that we must pay back with interest:

               I'm going to take out a loan at the bank.

               We can also use it as a verb (the opposite of 'borrow'): Yes, I will loan you the laptop.

               (Note : 'Loan' is also used as a synonym for 'lend' in North American English.)

Borrow    It means using something that belongs to someone  with the intention of returning it:

              I need to borrow some money.

             BORROW means 'to take' while LEND / LOAN mean 'to give'.

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1. My friend borrowslentlendI don't know me 100 dollars and I must pay it back soon.

2. We can borrowloanedloanlendI don't know money from a bank to buy this big house.

3. When I need money, I can loanborrowlentlendI don't know some from a friend.

4. It will take you four years to repay your student loanlendlentborrowI don't know.

5. Has he returned that newspaper you lendlentborrowedI don't know him?

6. Yes, we will lentloanborrowloanedI don't know you our car but we want to get it back next week.

7. The book he lentborrowedloanI don't know me was very interesting and made me want to read more.

8. We got a home lendloanborrowsI don't know from our bank to buy this apartment.

9. Someone has lentloansborrowedI don't know my bicycle without asking. Now I must clean the mud off.

10. Could you lentlendborrowI don't know me some money until next Monday?

11. Ted often borrowlendsloanI don't know money to his younger brother.

12. - How much have you borrowedborrowlentI don't know from your grandparents? - Not too much.

13. That bank borrowedlendloanedI don't know me enough to buy a big house.

14. - How can I get a car lendloanloanedI don't know from the bank? - First of all, you must find a good job.

15. Never loanedlendborrowI don't know your toothbrush to anybody.