Read the following two sentences.

Question

I. If you tend your garden carefully, your tomatoes will grow big and flavorful!
II. My cousins tend to arrive late to family events.
Which is most likely the meaning of the word tend in each sentence?

Answer 1

In the first sentence, "tend" means to take care of or nurture something, as in caring for a garden to help the tomatoes grow.

In the second sentence, "tend" means to have a tendency or habit, suggesting that it's common for the cousins to arrive late.

So, the meanings of "tend" are as follows:

• Sentence I: To care for or nurture.
• Sentence II: To have a tendency or habit.