I prepared a worksheet for him and I decided to post it here because it might help other people too.
First, look at the pictures and the sentences. Try to discover their differences:
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| The horse raised its paws to see the sun rise |
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| People rose from their chairs to applaud |
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| He is lying down and laid the magazine on his lap |
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| The pillow is laid on the bed Do you already know the difference? So tell me, should we say: My pen was lying on the table or My pen was laying on the table??? Our dog never lies down when told to do so or Our dog never lays down when told to do so???
Tom
is so depressed that it will be hard to rise his spirits. or Tom is so depressed that it will be hard to raise his spirits??
The
river rises each spring. or The river raises each spring???
Confused?? Let me give you the definitions:
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Definition of to raise: The verb raise means “to
lift to a higher position.”
Raise is transitive; it almost
always has an object. Things are raised by something else.
To raise, raised, raised
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Definition of to rise: The verb rise means “to go
to a higher position.”
Rise is intransitive; it never
has an object. Things rise by themselves;
To
rise, rose, risen
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Definition of to lay: to put or place; it is transitive; it almost
always has an object.
To lay (I lay the book on the table.),laid (Yesterday,
I laid the book on the table.),laid (I have laid the book on the table)
To lay, laid, laid
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Definition of to lie:
to recline; it is intransitive;
it never has an object
To lie (I lie on the bed), lay (Yesterday, I lay on
the bed.),lain (I have lain on the bed for many hours)
To lie, lay, (this is the problem: the past of "lie" is "lay") lain
Leave your answers, comments or doubts down below. I'll be glad to check them and to answer your questions.
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