Common mistakes in English:

Fall for Fell:Don’t say: John fall and broke his leg.
Say: John fell and broke his leg.
The verb is FALL - FELL - FALLEN

NOTE: FELL - FELLED - FELLED means to knock or cut

down,as”The wood-cutter felled a large tree.”

NOTE: FEEL - FELT - FELT means have a feeling,as”I feel sorry for
you.”
 Exercise:Supply (fall), (fell) or (feel) in the following:

1) Did the child ........ from the chair?

2)The aeroplane .......... into the sea.
3) I’m not well; I........feverish.
4)In winter the leaves........from the trees.
5)You will ..... if you’re not careful.
6) I ......... hot.I’m having an ice-cream.
7) Peter has.............in love with Sue.
8) She .........she should apologise for being rude.
9) Inflation has.............. but unemployment has never been so high.
10)The wood-cutters have.............more than 50% of the big trees.
 Checking:

1) FALL
2)FELL / HAS FALLEN
3) FEEL / I’M FEELING
4) FALL
5) FALL
6) FEEL / I’M FEELING
7) FALLEN
8) FEELS
9) FALLEN
10) FELLED
 LIE & LAY:

1) LIE: ( to rest ) is an INTRANSITIVE verb so it never has an object ;

it’s also an IRREGULAR verb : LIE - LAY - LAIN - LYING

2) LAY: ( to put) is a transitive verb,so it always has an object ; it’s a

regular verb : LAY - LAID - LAID - LAYING
NOTE: Lay ; laid ; laid means also to produce eggs,as”The hen has
laid an egg.”
IDIOM : “Lay the table”or “Lay the cloth” is to prepare the table for a
meal.
3) LIE - LIED - LIED - LYING ( to make untrue statements; to tell
lies.) ”He’s a liar.”
 Supply some form of LIE or LAY:

1) I shall go home and ....... down.

2)The book was ....... on the floor.
3)He ........down to rest.
4)..........down , Fox.
5)The hen ..............two eggs.
6)How long ..........you..........in bed?
7) He ........to the teacher.
8)He ordered his men .............down.
9) He ............his book on the table.
10)Yesterday he..........in bed
 Checking:

1) LIE
2) LYING
3)LAY
4)LIE
5)HAS LAID / LAID
6)HAVE you LAIN
7)LIED
8)LIE
9)LAID
10)LAY