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Spell Bee Word: Borrow


What does borrow mean?

Word: Borrow

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Borrow means to take something that belongs to someone else, use it, and give it back later.

How do you spell borrow?

Syllables: bor - row

Tricky part: The word ends in ow, as window does, never in a plain o (borro) or oe (borroe).

Watch out for: borro, borroe

Memory tip: Think of the w at the end as a hand waving goodbye to the thing you borrow until it comes back.

Borrow in a sentence

Example 1: Can I borrow your eraser for a minute?

Example 2: My brother wants to borrow my bicycle on Sunday.

Example 3: Neha had to borrow an umbrella because it started raining.

Fun Fact

English has borrowed many words from other languages. Pyjamas and shampoo both came into English from India.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

borrow

a) take
b) use
c) keep
d) lend

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d) lend. You borrow from a friend, and the friend lends to you.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) carful
b) beleive
c) borrow
d) freind

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c) borrow. Friend and believe put i before e, and careful keeps the e of care; borrow is the one written right.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

wrorob

a) brorow
b) brroow
c) obrrow
d) borrow

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d) borrow. The jumble starts with w, but in the word the w comes last.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Can I borow your red pen for the drawing test on Monday?

a) Monday
b) drawing
c) test
d) borow

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d) borow. Borrow needs two r's in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aman borrowed Leela's bat for the match. Who owns the bat?

a) Leela
b) both of them
c) the coach
d) Aman

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a) Leela

2. Complete the question: Can I borrow a pencil ____ you?

a) from
b) by
c) at
d) to

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a) from

Associated Words

trashsmartblackboardperfectpatient
responsibleslowenquirehonestybalance

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