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Troublesome verbs
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Troublesome Verbs
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-17
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Troublesome Verbs: lay, lie, sit, set, let, leave
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-17
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293
Troublesome Verbs - Part 2: May, Can, Let, Leave
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-17
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157
Troublesome Verbs PART 1 - Teach, Learn, Sit, Set
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elementary
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10-17
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135
troublesome verbs
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intermediate
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14-17
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75
TROUBLESOME VERBS
Level:
intermediate
Age:
15-100
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TROUBLESOME VERBS
Do you lie or lay on the beach? Unless you are a hen, it would probably be more conventional to lie!
Lie (to rest or recline) ...................................... Lay (to put or place)
Sit (to rest in a seated position) .... Set (to place or put something)
Rise (to go upward) ..... Raise (to make something else go upward)
I. Choose the correct choice for each sentence.
1. We ........................ on the beach.
lay
laid
2. We ........................ our towels on the beach.
lay
laid
3. We .......................... our awning for shade.
raised
rose
4. While we were ......................
rising
raising
the tent, Josh ......................
sat
set
his radio on the towel.
5. “Don’t ....................... those bottles there,” hollered the beach patrol.
lay
lie
6. Sue .........................
lay
lied
down on the lounge chair while the rest of us
sat
set
by the pool.
7. Niki got splashed by a dive bomb and .......................
rose
raised
so quickly that she upset a book
she had ........................................
laid
lain
on the chair, and it fell into the water.
8. “Why didn’t I ................................
sit
set
that on the table?” she moaned.
9. Ted was .................................
lying
laying
on a chaise nearby.
10. When he saw the submerged book, he quickly.................................
raised
rose
to the occasion.
11. The smile he got from Niki as he ...............................
rose
laid
the book in her hands was his reward.
12. Later, we enjoyed .........................................
setting
sitting
on the beach, watching the winds .........................
rise
raise
and
fall against the far-off spinnaker sails.
II. Choosethe form of the verb specified in parentheses.
Rise/Raise
1. The flag will be........................
raised
rised
at sunrise.
(past participle)
2. The sun .......................
raised
rose
slowly over the horizon.
(past tense)
Lie/Lay
3. The bricks were ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
lain
laid
in a zigzag pattern.
(past participle)
4. Mike had to .......................
lay
lie
on his stomach because his back was burned.
(present tense)
Sit /Set
5. We were ........................
sitting
sat
on the deck when lightning struck.
(present participle)
6. The students ...........................
sitting
sat
on the beach for the concert.
(past tense)
