Lead Vs Led
Lead Vs Led
Lead
means “to mark the way for” or “being ahead”. The past tense of the verb to lead
is led.
ЁЯСЙ
Confusion in choosing between lead and led comes in with the other word ‘lead’
(rhymes with bread), meaning “ a soft, grey heavy metal”. They have the same
spelling but different meanings and different sounds.
Lead
Lead can be an adjective, noun, or verb.
Lead as a verb-
1) Go
ahead and lead us to the garden.
2) I
lead a miserable life.
Lead as a noun-
1) The
class followed the teacher’s lead.
2) The
runner had a lead of twenty yards.
Lead as an adjective-
1) You
have been selected to be the lead tenor.
2) She
has got the lead role in the movie.
Led
The
word led is always used as verb.
Led
is the past tense and the past participle of the verb to lead
Examples-
1) She
took his hand and led him forward.
2) The
steps down from the elevated station led onto Brighton Beach Avenue.
ЁЯСЙ In
electronics LED is an abbreviation for light-emitting diode
Exercise
Is the underlined word correct? If not, rewrite the correct
sentence:
1) He
lead the team in foul.
Wrong
He
led the team in foul.
2) She
led her team to the state championship.
Right
3) He
has lead the team to nationals five times in a row.
Wrong
He
has led the tea, to nationals five times in a row.
4) Map
will lead you to destination.
Right
5) I
intend to led a better life.
Wrong
I
intend to lead a better life.
6) He
led a better life in past.
Right
7) Former
Mayor leads in the latest polls.
Right
8) He
led us to a safe place.
Right
9) Can
you please led us to the tower?
Wrong
Can
you please lead us to the tower.
10)
Subhash Chandra Bose led the Azad Hind
Fauj.
Right
State whether the underlined word is a noun/verb/adjective:
1) Lead
the way, we will follow you.
Verb
2) If
you lead a group of people, you ride in front of them.
Verb
3) He
walks with a stick but still leads his soldiers into battle.
Verb
4) Tom
was in the lead role.
Adverb
5) She
confessed to the killing and led police to his remains.
Verb
6) All
the doors that led to the yard were closed.
Verb
7) He
is leading in presidential race. So far he leads by five wins to two.
Verb
8) England
took a lead after 31 minutes.
Noun
9) Big
Stars are still in the lead in the opinion polls.
Noun
10)
Prime Minister gave a moral lead to
the country in crisis.
Noun
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