Lesson 8  - Troublesome Verbs

Tennessee Blueprint - 5th Grade
Assessed - Recognize usage errors occurring within context (e.g., double negatives, troublesome words: to, too, two; their, there, they’re; lie, lay; sit, set).

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In this lesson you will learn how to correctly use the words lie and lay, sit and set.

Rules

The word sit means “to rest".

I sit on the chair. OR
I sat on the chair.

 Set means “to place, adjust, or arrange something”.


I set my gun down.

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Lie means to move into a horizontal position to rest.

You can lie on a rug, but you cannot lie a rug.

 Lay means to put (something) in a flat or horizontal position, usually carefully or for a particular purpose.

Mama will lay the bowl on the table.

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Flashcards to Go Over Rules

Sit/Set http://www.mce.k12tn.net/word-list/set.htm

Lie/Lay http://www.mce.k12tn.net/word-list/lay.htm

Practice

Part A - Use sit, sat, or set correctly in these sentences.

  1. His little sister _______________ as close to his papa as possible.
  2. Grandpa did not like to _______________ in this chair.
  3. Mama carefully _______________  the lamp on the table.
  4. Who _______________ the lantern on this table?
  5. Would you like to _______________  here by the fire?
  6. She _______________ beside me.
  7. Mama walked over and _______________ it on the mantle.

Part B - Fill in the blanks correctly with the forms of lie and lay.

Present

 lie(s) lay(s)
Past lay laid
Past participle have (had) lain have (had) laid
Write lie, lies, lay, or lays in each blank to correctly complete the sentence.
  1. His little sister _______________ the bowl of milk beside Old Dan.
  2. Grandma said she would _______________ the dinner on the table.
  3. Mama asked if she might _______________ on the bed.
  4. Will you _______________ down your trap for a few minutes?
  5. Old Dan likes to _______________ in the sun.
  6. Why don't you _______________ down for a few minutes?

Write lay, laid, or lain in each black to correctly complete the sentence.

  1. She _______________ down to rest.
  2. She had _______________  there for an hour.
  3. Who _______________  the rug on the floor?
  4. Had Little Ann _______________ there very long?
  5. Billy _______________ on the bed as though exhausted.

Practice with these Online Quizzes

Sit/Set Quizzes

http://homepage.smc.edu/quizzes/cheney_joyce/SitorSet.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/sitsetseat.html

http://garts.latech.edu/owl/revise/set.htm

Lie/Lay Quizzes

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/lie-lay.html

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/lie-lay1.html

Online Quizzes for Sit/Set and Lie/Lay

http://webster.commnet.edu/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/lie_lay_quiz.htm

http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/quizzes/grammar/sitsetlielayverbs.htm

http://www.quia.com/jg/309583.html