Six Troublesome Verbs

Jennifer ___ the flowers on the table and looked for a vase.

• Lie

• Lay

• Laid

• Lain

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

Will you ___ with me, Josh?

• Sit

• Set

• Sat

• Sick

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

The river has been ___ rapidly since noon.

• Rises

• Rose

• Rises

• Rising

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

The number of immigrants coming to the United States ___ steadily during the late 1800s.

• Raising

• Rose

• Raised

• Roze

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1D

The Hungarian mother shown below ___ with her children for this picture around 1910.

• Rose

• Sat

• Sitted

• Set

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

Their hopes for new lives must have ___ as they grew closer to the United States.

• Rosen

• Raised

• Rose

• Risen

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

The history book ___ on my desk states that 11 million immigrants came to the United States between 1870 and 1899.

• Laying

• Lying

• Lie

• Lay

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

Is that today's paper ___ in the mud?

• Lining

• Laying

• Lying

• Lieing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

___ down, Spot.

• Lie

• Lay

• Laying

• Laea

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

Please ___ and face the audience; then, begin your oral interpretation of the poem.

• Rqise

• Ryse

• Raise

• Rise

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C