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Question 36

Which sentences use lie, lay, rise, raise, sit or set correctly? Select all that apply.

  1. The audience can sit near the stage.Correct answer
  2. A stagehand will set the lamp on the mark.Correct answer
  3. Warm air rises the paper lantern.
  4. The mechanic raised quickly from the floor.

Explanation

The correct sentences let the audience sit without an object and let the stagehand set a direct object. The others wrongly give intransitive rise an object or omit the object required by raise in the stated meaning.

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