Troublesome Verbs sheet 2

 

Sit        sat            sat                                                                    Set            set            set

Lie       lay            lain                   These Verbs have                   Lay            laid            laid                   These verbs must

Rise      rose            risen                 NO OBJECT                                  Raise            raised            raised               HAVE AN OBJECT

 

I can sit in a seat.                                                                I can set the glass on the table.

Pat lies down when he is dizzy.                                                   Pat lays the book down when he is dizzy.

The sun rises in the east.                                                      We raise the flag every morning.

 

Yesterday, I lay in bed all morning because of the flu.                   Helga lay the cover over the pot.

The campers had lain awake all night in the tent.                 We laid the tarp over the tent.

 

May  (refers to permission or something that is possible).            Can  (refers to ability).

Might is another form of ‘may’.                                                  Could is another form of  ‘can’.

Learn (to gain knowledge).                                                      Teach (to give knowledge).

Let  (to allow or permit).                                             Leave  (to go away from, to allow something to remain).

 

Use a form of sit or set:

  1. The teacher _____ the time when we should return.
  2. When we returned home, we found the dog _____ there just as we had left her.
  3. She always _____ there and waits for us.
  4. In the North, they often _____ traps in the winter.
  5. Shall we _____ here for a while?
  6. All day yesterday she _____ on the porch of her cottage.
  7. The fishermen _____ their nets.
  8. Did you _____ your watch correctly?
  9. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have always _____ in the front row.
  10. The children _____ up the ping pong table.

 

Use a form of lie or lay:

  1. Where did you _____ the book?
  2. I _____ down and slept for two hours.
  3. My dog _____ before the fireplace and slept.
  4. Your book has been _____ there all day.
  5. Who _____ it there?
  6. Did the book _____ on the porch all night?
  7. Mother _____ down for a nap each afternoon this week.
  8. It seemed as though the whole summer _____ before us.
  9. The cat had been _____ in the chair.
  10. I am _____ on the ground.

 

Use a form of rise or raise:

  1. The curtain has _____.
  2. The audience has _____ to its feet.
  3. The caller _____ an important question.
  4. The sun had _____ before I got up.
  5. I _____ my hand to answer teacher’s question.
  6. The river will _____ above the dam.
  7. The plane had to _____ above the storm clouds before continuing on the trip.
  8. When they _____ the curtain, the play will start.
  9. Wake up sleepy-head!  _____ and shine!
  10. His temperature has _____ two degrees during the day.