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H
if you think it means something like: have, take or receive
G
if you think it means go, move or arrive
B
if you think it means become
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1. Write borrow or lend into the gaps:
Can I __________________ your pen, please?
Can you __________________ me your pen, please? 
Would you like to __________________ my pen?
Shall I __________________ you my pen?
2. What’s the difference between borrow and lend?
Tip: It might help to draw pictures and translate the words into your own language.
3. In pairs, practise situations in which you lend and borrow things.
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The week the crisis hit home
Level 1
Elementary
Warmer: Borrow and lend
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Write in the missing vowels (a,e,i,o,u).
A legal agreement in which you borrow money from a bank to buy a house. Repayments are usually made 
monthly.
m _ r t g _ g _
To remove an offer.
p _l l _ d_ _ l 
What you have when your house has lost value and you are now paying more than what it’s worth.
n _ g _ t _ v _ _ q _ _ t y 
A period when trade and industry are not successful and there is a lot of unemployment.
r _ c _ s s _ _ n
Someone who buys and uses goods and services.
c _ n s _ m _ r
An amount of money that a person, business or country borrows, especially from a bank.
l _ _ n
An agreement with your bank that allows you to spend money when you have no money left in your account.
_v _ r d r _ f t
An expert in financial matters, especially one who advises a government department, business, or 
organization. 
_ c _ n _ m _ s t
The member of the British government who is responsible for taxes and for deciding how the government 
spends its money.
c h _ n c _ l l _ r
An economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable. 
_ n f l _ t _ _ n
Source: Macmillan English Dictionary Online
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