Verb Forms: Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise Writing Lab Verb Forms: Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise

Transitive Verb Transitive Verbs have an object. Set – to put or place something. Set, Sets, Setting, Set, (has/have/had) Set Raise – to lift up Raise, Raises, Raising, Raised, (has/have/had) Raised Lay – to put or place something Lay, Lays, Laying, Laid (has/have/had) Laid

Intransitive Verb Intransitive Verbs do not have an object. Sit – to be seated, or in a resting position Sit, Sits, Sitting, Sat, (has/have/had) Sat Rise – to go up Rise, Rises, rising, Rose, (has/have/had) Risen Lie – to rest or recline Lie, Lies, Lying, Lay, (has/have/had) Lain

That’s all, folks! This lesson is part of the UWF Writing Lab Grammar Mini-Lesson Series Lessons adapted from Real Good Grammar, Too by Mamie Webb Hixon To find out more, visit the Writing Lab’s website where you can take a self-scoring quiz corresponding to this lesson