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young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

lend-past
grammar
Amarante had a good heart. She volunteered to help out in several organizations. She lent her support to the local environmental political party. She also lent a hand to people in third world
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

lend-perfect_tense
grammar
Amarante has a good heart. She volunteers to help out in several organizations. She’s lent her support to the local environmental political party. She’s lent a hand to people in the third world
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

let-past
grammar
Susan let students go to the toilet in the middle of class if they needed to because they were still very young. She knew they were still getting used to the schedule in school. She thought teaching
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

lose-past
grammar
Candace lost things almost everyday. She was not very organized and that’s why she lost things. Sometimes she lost her car keys. Other days she lost her make-up. She almost always found things
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

lose-perfect_tense
grammar
Candace has lost things almost everyday. She is not very organized and that’s why she has lost things. Somedays she has lost her car keys. Other days she has lost her make-up. She almost always
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

make -perfect_tense
grammar
Willi has made a lot of money doing what he loves: climbing. He is a mountain guide, and he is one of the best. He has made mountains that are normally difficult feel easy for the client. He has made
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

make-past
grammar
Willi made a lot of money doing what he loved: climbing. He was a mountain guide, and he worked hard. He made a mountain that was normally difficult, feel easy for the client. He made the impossible
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

mean-past
grammar
Randolph was upset. He tried to help a lady on the way to work. He meant nothing bad. He only wanted to help by giving her his seat on the train as they rode. But she looked upset when he offered it.
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

meet-past
grammar
Julia always met new people with a fresh expectation of something good. It made the other person feel good. She met them eye to eye, and always gave a good firm handshake. She met challenges the same
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

meet-perfect_tense
grammar
Julia’s always met new people with a fresh expectation of something good. It makes the other person feel good. She’s met them eye to eye, and always given a good firm handshake. She’s met
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

pay-past
grammar
Karl paid down his credit card debt every month. He also saved money monthly to pay taxes that he owed at the end of every year. This is just common sense, but not many people did it. Karl paid
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

pay-perfect_tense
grammar
Karl is really good with money. He’s paid down his credit card debt every month. He’s also saved money monthly to pay taxes that he owed at the end of every year. This is just common sense, but
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

put-past
grammar
Ellen came into the house, and put her keys on the table. Then she put the groceries down on the counter. She usually put her keys in a small tray in her bedroom. Today was different because she was
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

put-perfect_tense
grammar
Danny’s put up with a lot on his job. It’s dirty difficult and dangerous, and he does not get a lot of money for it. He’s been a firefighter for a long time, so he’s put out a lot of fires. He
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

read-past
grammar
Angela read everyday. Because she read so much, she could finish almost 100 books a year. She thought reading was very important, and she wanted her children to become readers too. That’s why she
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

read-perfect_tense
grammar
Angela’s read something everyday. Because she’s read so much, she can finish almost 100 books a year. She thinks reading is very important, and she wants her children to become readers too.