UNIT

THREE G

RAMMAR

COMMONLY M

ISTA

KEN AND IR

REGULAR V

ERBS

COMMONLY MISTAKEN: LIE VS. LAY

Lie means “to assume a lying position” or “to be in a lying position”

Lay means “to put” or “to place something”

Infinitive Present Past Past Participle

Lie (to recline) (is) lying lay (have) lain

Lay (to put) (is)laying laid (have)laid

COMMONLY MISTAKEN: SIT VS. SET

Sit usually means “to assume or to be in an upright position”

Set usually means “to put , to place something”

Infinitive Present Past Past Participle

Sit (to rest) ( is) sitting sat(have) sat

Set (to put) (is) setting set (have) set

COMMONLY MISTAKEN: RISE AND RAISE

Rise means “to go up”

Raise means “to force something to move upward”

Infinitive Present Past Past Participle

Rise (to go up) (is)rising rose (have)risen

Raise (to force up (is) raising raised(have)raise

or be forced up)

IRREGULAR VERBS

Choose chose (have) chosen

Burst burst (have) burst

Draw drew (have)drawn

Sing sang or sung (have) sung

Ride rode (have) ridden

Freeze froze (have) frozen

Go went (have) gone

Bring brought (have) brought

Dive dived or dove (have) dived

Break broke (have) broken

Sit sat (have) sat

Ring rang (have) rung

See saw (have) seen

Swim swam (have) swum

Drive drove (have) driven