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English lesson plan · 8th grade (Year 9 in England) · 45 minutes

lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set

Grammar

CCSS L.8.1CCSS L.11-12.1.BEngland: KS3 English (Standard English)England: ACT English (usage)

Objective and success criteria

Students will: lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set.

  • I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
  • I can explain each step and say why it works.
  • I can check my answer and spot a mistake.

Before and after

Needs first: Irregular past tense and past participles (swam/swum, began/begun)

Leads to: the next skill in this area.

Materials: Sentence strips, Highlighters, Mini whiteboards, Mini whiteboards, A short model text on the board, Printed student sheet (below).

Warm-up · 5 min

  • Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Irregular past tense and past participles (swam/swum, began/begun)). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
  • Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
  1. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets. I ___ two glasses of water after the race. (drink) (drinked / drank / drunk / drinken) → drankPrompt: Is there a helping verb (has, have, had) before the gap?
  2. Type the form of the verb that completes the phrase. throw → yesterday I ___ → threwPrompt: Say the phrase in brackets aloud with each possible form.
  3. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets. Last winter the temperature ___ to minus ten. (fall) (falled / fell / felled / fallen) → fellPrompt: Is there a helping verb (has, have, had) before the gap?

Hook · 5 min

  • Show a sentence with the grammar point used wrongly and ask what sounds odd.
  • Share the objective: lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set. Read the success criteria together.

I do: model it · 10 min

  • Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
  • Example: Choose the correct verb. Please ___ your hand if you know the answer.
  • Step 1: lay, raise and set take an object; lie, rise and sit do not.
  • Step 2: 'Raise' needs an object (your hand).
  • Step 3: Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "Please raise your hand if you know the answer."
  • Step 4: So the answer is: raise
  • Answer: raise
  • Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

We do: guided practice · 10 min

  • Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
  • Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
  1. Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Please lie the books on the table. (correct / incorrect) → incorrectPrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?
  2. Choose the correct verb. Please ___ the books on the table. (lie / lay) → layPrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?

You do: independent practice · 10 min

  • Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
  • Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

Exit ticket · 5 min

  • Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
  1. Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Come and sit next to me. (correct / incorrect) → correctPrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?
  2. Choose the correct verb. The bread dough ___ in the warm kitchen. (rised / raised / rose) → rosePrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?

Watch out for

  • Naming the feature but not using it in their own sentences.
  • Thinking a sentence is right because it sounds right when spoken casually.

Support and stretch

Support

  • Review first: Irregular past tense and past participles (swam/swum, began/begun).
  • Use concrete materials: sentence strips.
  • Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
  • Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.

Stretch

  • Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
  • Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.

Homework and more practice

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lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set

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  1. Question 1

    Choose the correct verb. Yesterday the cat ___ in the sun all afternoon.

    • A. laid
    • B. lied
    • C. lay

  2. Question 2

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Please lie the books on the table.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  3. Question 3

    Choose the correct verb. She ___ her keys down somewhere and lost them.

    • A. laid
    • B. lay
    • C. lied

  4. Question 4

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The hen laid three eggs this morning.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  5. Question 5

    Choose the correct verb. Just ___ the box down here, thanks.

    • A. sit
    • B. set

  6. Question 6

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Just set the box down here, thanks.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  7. Question 7

    Choose the correct verb. I'm going to ___ down for a nap.

    • A. lie
    • B. lay

  8. Question 8

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The price of bread has raised again.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

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Answer key: lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set

  1. 1. C. lay

  2. 2. B. incorrect

  3. 3. A. laid

  4. 4. A. correct

  5. 5. B. set

  6. 6. A. correct

  7. 7. A. lie

  8. 8. B. incorrect