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Week Twenty Language Arts Warm Ups

Problem Verbs: Rise/Raise, Sit/Set, Lie/Lay

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1. Choose the correct verb in parentheses.

(Raise, Rise) the window to let in some cool air.

Answer: Raise

2. Choose the correct verb in parentheses.

Why don't you go (lie, lay) down for awhile.

Answer: lie

3. Choose the correct verb in parentheses.

The man had (lain, laid) the paper on the table.

Answer: laid

4. Choose the correct verb in parentheses.

We (sit, set) the light next to the bed.

Answer: set

5. Choose the correct verb in parentheses.

The child (sat, set) on the hard bench.

Answer: sat

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