Problem Verbs Online Quiz -3
Problem Verbs Online Quiz -3
Most of the following sentences contain one mistake. Write TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). Correct mistakes.
#1. The cost of living has raised 3 percent in the past year.
has risen
#2. The bread dough has raised enough and is now ready to be baked.
… has risen
#3. Please sit the telephone on the table by the bed.
set the table
#4. Susan likes to lay down for a short nap every afternoon.
… likes to lie down
#5. Let’s sit your suitcases out of the way.
,.. set
#6. Linda always forgets where she lies her glasses.
,… she lays .
#7. We certainly hope that prices do not raise so quickly again.
… do not rise
#8. The smoke that is raising from that oil refinery is black.
… is rising
#9. The landlord has risen the rent.
… has raised
#10. I have lain your notebook on the table by the door so that you won’t forget it.
have laid 15
#11. When Betty arrived home, she found her husband laying on the sofa asleep as usual.
, … husband lying
#12. Key West lays off the coast of Florida.
Key West lies off…
#13. Mrs. Jones had carefully lain her children’s clothes out ready for the children to put on.
… had carefully laid
#14. Kay needs to rise her grades if she wants to get into graduate school.
needs to raise her grades
#15. Terry has sat there waiting for us for almost an hour.
#16. Their house sits on a hill overlooking a lake.
#17. Her coat was laying on the chair.
#18. The flag is risen at the dawn by an honor guard.
is raised
#19. Won’t you sit down?
#20. She set her new chair between the sofa and the buffet.
Problem Verbs Online Quiz -3
Most of the following sentences contain one mistake. Write TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). Correct mistakes.
| 1. The cost of living has raised 3 percent in the past year. |
| 2. Her coat was laying on the chair. |
| 3. Please sit the telephone on the table by the bed. |
| 4. The flag is risen at the dawn by an honor guard. |
| 5. I have lain your notebook on the table by the door so that you won’t forget it. |
| 6. Won’t you sit down? |
| 7. Kay needs to rise her grades if she wants to get into graduate school. |
| 8. Key West lays off the coast of Florida. |
| 9. Their house sits on a hill overlooking a lake. |
| 10.The landlord has risen the rent. |
| 11. Linda always forgets where she lies her glasses. |
| 12. Let’s sit your suitcases out of the way. |
| 13. The smoke that is raising from that oil refinery is black. |
| 14. Terry has sat there waiting for us for almost an hour. |
| 15. Susan likes to lay down for a short nap every afternoon. |
| 16. We certainly hope that prices do not raise so quickly again. |
| 17. She set her new chair between the sofa and the buffet. |
| 18. The bread dough has raised enough and is now ready to be baked. |
| 19. When Betty arrived home, she found her husband laying on the sofa asleep as usual. |
| 20. Mrs. Jones had carefully lain her children’s clothes out ready for the children to put on. |