Transcript Six Troublesome Verbs - Whitworth

Six Troublesome
Verbs
p. 234-237
G.U.M. p. 145-148
Sit and Set
 The
verb sit means to be seated.
 Sit seldom takes an object.
 Who is sitting on the blanket? (no object)
 The
verb set means to place something.
 Set usually takes an object
 I had set the bucket on the pier. (bucket is
the object)
Rise and Raise
 The
verb rise means to move upward.
 Rise does not take an object.
 The fans were rising to sing the song. (no
obj.)
 The
verb raise usually takes an object.
 Fans were raising signs. (signs is the object)
Lie and Lay
 The
verb lie means to recline, or to remain
lying down.
 Lie does not take an object.
 The silverware is lying on the table. (no
object)
 The verb lay means to put, or to place.
 Lay usually takes an object.
 Bill had laid that bicycle in the driveway.
(bicycle is the object)