Lesson 7 - Troublesome Verbs

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Assessed Skills from Tennessee Blueprint - 6th Grade

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”.


Clary set the seeds on the ground.

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Lie means to move into a horizontal position to rest.

You lie on the bed to go to sleep.

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

Mrs. Murdo 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. Doon _______________ on the ground to pick the berries.
  2. Doon  _______________ his basket beside the vines so that he could pick the berries.
  3. Tick  _______________  the crate of pickled beets in the Ark.
  4. Tick  _______________ down to eat the rest of the berries.
  5. Lina _______________ her bundle on the bed of the truck.
  6. Lina _______________ on the blanket inside the crate.
  7. Lina had to _______________ for an hour waiting for Caspar to leave Sparks.
  8. Caspar and Maddy _______________  in the front of the truck.
  9. Mrs. Murdo _______________ breakfast on the table.
  10. Dr. Hester _______________ down beside Torren and told him what Lina had done.

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
  1. Lina had to _______________ in the back of the truck hidden from view.
  2. Torren _______________ in the field resting after throwing the tomatoes.
  3. Will Doon _______________ down in the bed?
  4. Mrs. Murdo had _______________ awake most of the night worrying.
  5. Torren _______________ the last tomato through the window.
  6. What _______________ under the crates?
  7. The hens _______________ eggs each morning.
  8. First she _______________ her bag over the side, and then she climbed up the slats.
  9. Poppy _______________ on the bed and did not stir.
  10. Mrs. Murdo _______________  in her bed on the couch.
  11. Lina _______________  very still.

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

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Answer Key

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

  1. sat
  2. set
  3. set
  4. sat
  5. set
  6. sat
  7. sit
  8. sat
  9. set
  10. sat

Part B

  1. lie
  2. lay
  3. lie
  4. lain
  5. laid
  6. lays
  7. lay
  8. laid
  9. lay
  10. lay
  11. lay