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Troublesome Verbs
Objective 5.021 Correctly use
troublesome verbs
Is “lay” used correctly in this cartoon?
Most difficult to use correctly, so
remember:
• The principal parts (most-common verb forms) of lie are:
• lie (present,) lay (past) and lain (past participle).
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The principal parts of lay are:
• lay (present), laid (past) and laid (past participle).
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As an aid in choosing the correct verb forms, remember that lie
means to recline, whereas lay means to place something, to put
something on something.
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• Lie means that the actor (subject) is doing something to
himself or herself. It's what grammarians call a complete verb.
When accompanied by subjects, complete verbs tell the whole
story.
• Lay, on the other hand, means that the subject is acting on
something or someone else; therefore, it requires a complement to
make sense. Thus lay always takes a direct object. Lie never does.
Correct Usage Examples
• Lie Present tense: I lie down on my bed to rest my weary
bones.
Past tense: Yesterday, I lay there thinking about what I had
to do during the day.
Past participle: But I remembered that I had lain there all
morning one day last week.
• Lay Present tense: As I walk past, I lay the tools on the
workbench.
Past tense: As I walked past, I laid the tools on the
workbench. And: I laid an egg in class when I tried to tell
that joke.
Past participle: . . . I had laid the tools on the workbench
Answer to “Zits” question:
Oh, it should be “lie” as in “recline”;
otherwise, he'd be putting “low”
somewhere
(needs an object)
(to put something down)
lay - laid - laid - laying
Maris must lay everything
on the table for dinner.
Maris laid a fork on the
table.
Now she's laying a napkin
there.
Irregular Verb
INTRANSITIVE
(no object)
Regular Verb
INTRANSITIVE
(no object)
(to recline on a bed, etc.)
lie - lay - lain -lying
(to tell a lie)
lie - lied - lied - lying
Don likes to lie on the sofa.
He's lying on the sofa now.
He's lain there for an hour.
Pat lies to her mom.
She is lying to her mom
now.
She's lied to her mom many
times.
Sit or Set?
Sit
Set
To be seated
To put in a
certain
place
Sit down on
the chair
Set the
money on
the table
You try
1. Dr. Javier _____ my brother's arm when he
broke it.
2. The two teenagers _____ by the pool all day.
3. Chris may ____ a new record in the race
today.
4. Just _____ right here until they call your
name.
5. They watched the sun ________ over the
ocean.
Simple
Past
Participle
Past
Present
Participle (ing form)
Intransitive
sit
sat
(had) sat
sitting
Transitive
set
set
(had) set
setting
Affect/Effect
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Affect / Effect: Is it the cause or result?
affect v. (influence, cause change)
effect n. (result)
Seeing thin models affects a young girl's self
image.
• An emotional effect may be self-hate or
anorexia (not eating). (result)
Rise or Raise
Use rise for an action that a person or
animal does by oneself. Rise is an
intransitive verb – it does not take an
object. (to ascend, go up)
Use raise for an action that a person does
to someone or something else. Raise is a
transitive verb – it requires an object.t (to
lift, to increase, to elevate)
Please rise from the chair.
The Boy Scouts are raising the flag.
The sun rises in the morning.
Please raise your hand if you want to
speak.
The bread dough rose quickly. (past)
The farmer raises wheat and barley.
He rises at 6:00 a.m. every morning
My employer raised my salary.