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WorksheetsHealthcare English - Confusing Verbs
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which is correct?
I felt weak and lay on the sofa nearly all day.
I felt weak and lied on the sofa nearly all day.
I felt weak and laid on the sofa nearly all day.
I felt weak and lying on the sofa nearly all day.
Which is correct?
The surgeon always lies the instruments out on the table before he begins.
The surgeon always lie the instruments out on the table before he begins.
The surgeon always lay the instruments out on the table before he begins.
The surgeon always lays the instruments out on the table before he begins.
Which is correct?
She is rising at 6 every morning throughout the year.
She rises at 6 every morning throughout the year.
She risen at 6 every morning throughout the year.
She rised at 6 every morning throughout the year.
Which is correct?
The patient's diet was raised his blood sugar levels.
The patient's diet rose his blood sugar levels.
The patient's diet risen his blood sugar levels.
The patient's diet raised his blood sugar levels.
Which is correct?
The tablets were lying on the table next to the printer when I found them.
The tablets were laying on the table next to the printer when I found them.
The tablets were laid on the table next to the printer when I found them.
The tablets were lain on the table next to the printer when I found them.
Which is correct?
She couldn't find her uniform anywhere but she was sure she lain it on the vacant bed before leaving the ward.
She couldn't find her uniform anywhere but she was sure she lied it on the vacant bed before leaving the ward.
She couldn't find her uniform anywhere but she was sure she laid it on the vacant bed before leaving the ward.
She couldn't find her uniform anywhere but she was sure she was laid it on the vacant bed before leaving the ward.
Which is/are correct?
Medical costs have risen steeply since 2003.
Medical costs rose steeply since 2003.
Medical costs rised steeply since 2003.
Medical costs have been rising steeply since 2003.
Which is correct?
She was lying on a stretcher in the corridor for 6 hours before she was taken into the ward.
She was laying on a stretcher in the corridor for 6 hours before she was taken into the ward.
She was lieing on a stretcher in the corridor for 6 hours before she was taken into the ward.
She was lied on a stretcher in the corridor for 6 hours before she was taken into the ward.
The correct simple present, simple past, past participle and present participle forms are:
lie, lay, lain, lying
lie, lied, lain, lying
lie, laid, lain, lying
lie, lay, laid, lying
The correct simple present, simple past, past participle and present participle forms are:
lay, laid, laid, laying
lay, lain, laid, laying
lay, lay, lay, laying
lay, lain, lain, laying
The correct simple present, simple past, past participle and present participle forms are:
rise, rose, risen, rising
rise, rised, risen, rising
rise, raise, risen, rising
rise, raise, raised, raising
The correct simple present, simple past, past participle and present participle forms are:
raise, rose, raised, raising
raise, risen, raised, raising
raise, raised, raised, raising
raise, raise, raised, raising
