LOSS, LOSE, LOST,LOOSE

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

LOSS, LOSE, LOST, LOOSE

LOSS is a noun and is usually used before a determiner:
May we not experience any loss.

LOSE is a verb in the present form: I will not lose anyone and myself to this pandemic by God’s grace.

LOST is the past tense of lose: He lost his pen yesterday.

LOOSE means not firmly or tightly fixed: She has got a loose tooth.

Now, let’s take a test

1. Did you __ the contract (loss, lose, lost, loose)?
2. Don’t __ your dignity for money (loss, lose, lost, loose).
3. Could she have __ her bag (loss, lose, lost, loose)?
4. She slipped into a __ T-shirt (loss, lose, lost, loose).
5. No form of __will be recorded (loss, lose, lost, loose).
   GAB