Transcript 3 Troublesome Verbs

3 Troublesome Verbs
(really only 2 for Northerners)
HW – Ex 10 pg 138
+ Ex 14 pg 141
Lie - Lay
• 2 different words with different meanings
and principle parts
• Lie – “to be in a reclining position” – there
is no movement associated with this word
–Principle Parts = lie lay (have) lain
• Lay – “to put or place” – movement is
occurring when you use a form of this verb
–Principle Parts = lay laid (have) laid
• Pg. 137 Ex. 8
Sit - Set
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Sit – No movement
Sit Sat (have) Sat
Set – to put or place = movement!
Set Set (have) Set
Pg. 139 Ex. 11
Rise - Raise
• Rise – “to go up” (only one body or entity
is moving up)
• Rise rose (have) risen
• Raise – “to force something to move up”
(one body is pushing another body
upward)
• Raise
raised
(have) raised
• Pg. 140 Ex 12