Three troublesome little verb pairs

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Three troublesome little verb pairs
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to object or not to object?

• Some verbs take no object the subject is doing
  the action.
• However, for some verbs there must be an object
  the object is what is having the action done to
  it.

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Sit vs. Set

• Sit means to rest in a seated position or to
  be in a place.
• Please sit here.
• She is sitting here.
• She sat there yesterday.
• They have sat there before.
• Set means to put (something) in a place. and
  needs a direct object (the something)
• Please set the books here.
• She is setting the books there.
• She set the books there yesterday.
• They have set the books there before.

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Rise vs. Raise

• Rise means to go up or to get up.
• Please rise for the pledge.
• He is rising for the pledge.
• He rose for the pledge, and then said it.
• He has risen for the pledge every day.
• Raise means to lift (something) or to cause
  (something) to rise and take a direct object
  (the something)
• Please raise the flag.
• He is raising the flag.
• He raised the flag.
• He has raised the flag every morning.

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Lie and Lay

• Lie means to rest, to recline, or to be in a
  place.
• The baby needs to lie down for awhile.
• The baby is lying down.
• The baby lay in the crib.
• The baby has lain in the crib for an hour now.
• Lay means to put something in a place and must
  have a direct object (i.e. the something)
• Please lay the baby in the crib.
• I am laying the baby down in the crib.
• The mother laid the baby in the crib.
• The mother had laid the baby down before it
  started crying.

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to object or not to object?

• For LIE, SIT, and RISE, there is no object the
  subject is doing the action.
• For LAY, SET, and RAISE, there must be an object
  the object is what is having the action done to
  it.

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Play with your verbs

• Chapter 7 Ex. 5, 8, 10 Review A, B