Six Troublesome verbs

Juana ____ the table for dinner.

• sit

• set

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Carl, please ___ the blinds.

• rise

• raise

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

Every afternoon my uncle ___ down for a short nap.

• lies

• lays

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

After he ____ the board on the sawhorse, Aaron carefully sawed it in half.

• lay

• laid

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

We forgot to add the yeast, and the dough didn't ____.

• raise

• rise

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

Rebecca was ___ on the front steps waiting for her friends.

• setting

• sitting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

The reporters have ____ some interesting questions.

• raised

• risen

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

The book has ____ on the shelf for a long time.

• laid

• lain

I think you have been ___ in sun too long.

• laying

• lying

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

Cody ___ down with a plop.

• set

• sat

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E