EXERCISE 32.2

Identify the appropriate verb form in each of the following sentences. Example:

The guests (raised/rose) their glasses to the happy couple.

  1. That cat (lies/lays) on the sofa all morning.

    A.
    B.

    lies
  2. The chef (lay/laid) his knives carefully on the counter.

    A.
    B.

    laid
  3. The two-year-old walked carefully across the room and (set/sat) the glass vase on the table.

    A.
    B.

    set
  4. Grandpa used to love (sitting/setting) on the front porch and telling stories of his childhood.

    A.
    B.

    sitting
  5. Almost immediately, the dough (sitting/setting) by the warm oven began to (raise/rise).

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

    sitting, rise