Using Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, and Rise/Raise Correctly

Select the correct form of each verb in parentheses in the following sentence:

(Lie/Lay) your work aside and (lie, lay) down for a short rest.

• lie, lie

• lay, lie

• lay, lay

• lie, lay

Select the correct form of each verb in parentheses in the following sentence:

Why didn’t Leon (sit, set) where the others (sat, set)?

• sit, sat

• sit, set

• set, sat

• set, set

Select the correct form of each verb in parentheses in the following sentence:

Although prices (rose, raised), earnings didn’t (rise, raise).

• rose, rise

• rose, raise

• raised, rise

• raised, raise

Select the correct form of each verb in parentheses in the following sentence:

If you (lie, lay) down, I’ll (lie, lay) a cold cloth on your head.

• lie, lie

• lie, lay

• lay, lie

• lay, lay

Type the correct form of each verb in parentheses in the following sentence:

The roots of the tree have (risen, raised) the sidewalk.

Select the correct form of each verb in parentheses in the following sentence:

Lin (lay, laid) awake, wondering where she had (lain, laid) her catcher’s mitt.

• lay, lain

• lay, laid

• laid, lain

• laid, laid

Select the correct form of each verb in parentheses in the following sentence:

My backpack was still (sitting, setting) where I had (sat, set) it.

• sitting, sat

• sitting, set

• setting, sat

• setting, set

Select the correct form of each verb in parentheses in the following sentence:

My note has (lain, laid) on Mr. Garza’s desk since I (laid, lay) it there.

• lain, laid

• lain, lay

• laid, laid

• laid, lay

Select the correct form of each verb in parentheses in the following sentence:

I (sat, set) my CD player on the table and (sat, set) down to listen.

• sat, sat

• sat, set

• set, sat

• set, set

Select the correct form of each verb in parentheses in the following sentence:

Armando (rose, raised) his hand and (rose, raised) to ask a question.

• rose, rose

• rose, raised

• raised, rose

• raised, raised