Presenting…

6 Confusing
Verbs!!!
 CONFUSING Pair #1:
SIT & SET
Sit means: “to be seated” or “to rest”.
*Sit usually does NOT have a direct object.
EXAMPLE: Please sit in the chair.
-No Direct Object

Set means: “to put something in a place”

*Set usually DOES have a direct object.
EXAMPLE: Please set the apple on the
desk.
Set what? Set the apple.
Direct Object: Apple
Sit & Set Continued…
I will sit on the elephant.
The elephant set his
nose on my paper.

BASE PRESENT PAST PAST

FORM PARTICIPLE PARTICIPLE

Sit Is Sitting Sat Have/Has

Sat

Set Is Setting Set Have/Has

Set

**Notice that SET has the same form for the base, past and past
participle.
 Let’s Try Some!!!
Directions: Choose the correct form of sit or set.

1. At the party yesterday, we set the birthday presents on

the coffee table.

2. Then we sat on the floor to play a game.

3. Ilana had been sitting next to Rhiannon.

4. The Jimenez twins never sat together,

even though it was their birthday.
5. Mrs. Jimenez had already set a large cake on the table.

6. One of the twins sat on a birthday hat by mistake!

 Confusing Pair # 2:
Rise and Raise
Rise means: To go up, or To get up

Rise does NOT have a Direct

Object.
EXAMPLE: The guy in green is
rising up the stairs. = NO DO
To lift something up or to cause
Raise means: something to rise.
Raise DOES have a Direct Object.
EXAMPLE: The winner is raising his arms.
Raising what? Arms…..DO = Arms
Rise & Raise Continued…

Forms of the Verbs

Rise & Raise
BASE FORM PRESENT PAST PAST
PARTICIPLE PARTICIPLE

RISE Is Rising Rose Have/Has

Risen
RAISE Is Raising Raised Have/Has
Raised
“RAISE the roof!!!!” DO = Roof

“The roof, the roof, the roof is

RISING!” No DO
 Let’s Try Some!
Some
Directions: Choose the correct form of rise or raise.
1. Before the game, the color guards Raised Rose the flag.

2. The fans were Rising Raising for the national anthem.

3. The pitcher Raised Rose her arm to throw the ball.

4. The softball seemed to Rise Raise above the batter’s head.

5. Someone in front of me was Rising Raising a sign that blocked my view.

6. I have Risen Raised my voice to cheer a hundred times during one

game.

7. When the sun had Raised Risen too high, the players couldn’t see the
fly balls.
8. Yesterday, everyone Rose Raised when the 4th batter hit a homerun.

9. As soon as the seventh inning was over,

we Rose Raised to leave.
Confusing Pair Number 3:
Lie and Lay
Lie Means: To recline, To be in a
place, or To remain lying down.

Lie does NOT have a Direct Object.

EXAMPLE: The cat is lying (on the bed).
*NO DO
Lay Means: To put something
down, or to place something.
Lay usually has a Direct Object.
EXAMPLE: Lay the cat treats on the counter.
Lay what? Lay treats….. DO=Treats
Lie & Lay Continued…

Forms of the Verbs

Lie & Lay
BASE PRESENT PAST PAST
PARTICIPLE PARTICIPLE
LIE Is Lying Lay Have/Has Lain

LAY Is Laying Laid Have/Has Laid

“There’s no gift like the gift of knowledge!”

 Let’s Try Some!
Directions: Choose the correct form of
lie or lay.
1. The remote control for the TV is lying under the
rocking chair.
2. How long has it lain there?

3. My brother Ramon probably laid it there last night.

4. He was lying on the floor watching television.

5. Julia, my younger sister, is always laying her toys in front of the
television set.
6. She has laid little parts from her board games all over the
house. Ouch!!
7. Yesterday, Dad lay down
on some hard plastic pieces on
the couch.
 “No More
Confusion!!!”
know

you
your
Now verbs!