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Troublesome Verbs Formative Assessment

English III
1. The box had (lain, laid) in the attic for years.
2. The happy child is (laying, lying) in a pile of leaves.
3. The key to success (lays lies) in hard work.
4. Mrs. Terrell is (laying, lying) the papers on your desks.
5. Please (sit, set) the papers on the table.
6. The students in 6th period are (sitting, setting) in their seats.
7. If we had (sat, set) any longer on the plane we may have gone crazy.
8. The fox has (sat, set) on the stone fence almost every morning.
9. The cost of college has (risen, raised) significantly over the past decade.
10. A lot of exciting work (lies, lays) ahead of us this semester.
11. Everyone stopped to watch as the balloon (rose, raised) into the air,
12. Where were you (sitting, setting) during the school play?

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