Lay/Lie, Sit/Set: StreetWrites Writing Workshop

StreetWrites Workshop for Writing Out of the Margins

Lay/Lie, Sit/Set

from the Harbrace College Handbook

Sit = be seated Lie down = rest in (or get into)
To place or put something down is to set it down or lay it down.

PRESENT PAST PAST
PARTICIPLE PRESENT
PARTICIPLE

sit sat sat sitting

set set set setting

lie lay lain lying

lay laid laid laying

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Anitra L. Freeman

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StreetWrites Workshop Exercises

PRESENT	PAST	PAST PARTICIPLE	PRESENT PARTICIPLE
Sit = be seated Lie down = rest in (or get into) To place or put something down is to set it down or lay it down.
sit	sat	sat	sitting
set	set	set	setting
lie	lay	lain	lying
lay	laid	laid	laying