94 METHODS IN TEACHING 



III 



COMMON ERRORS 



Lie lay lying lain. 



Lay laid laying laid. 

 Lay requires an object. 

 Lie, meaning to rest, never requires an object. 

 The autumn leaves lie scattered on the pavement. 

 The rain will lay the dust. 

 I found a horseshoe lying in the road. 

 Mother has lain down to rest. 

 Many poets have been laid to rest in Westminster. 

 The snow will not lie long on the ground. 

 The men are laying a concrete sidewalk. 

 Do not leave your hat lying in a chair. 

 Will you lay aside your work? 

 Lake Ontario lies between New York and Canada. 



IV 



A NEST IN A POCKET (Uncorrected) 



One spring day, a bird in search of a place to build a nest, 



was flitting about our back yard. This bird was a sparrow, 



not very beautiful I thought, but she seemed so restless. 



Finally she peeped into the granary; she stayed there 



quite a while, and then I noticed her carrying in grass and 



stuffs, and of course I knew what she was doing; but I 



kept right still and did not let anybody know. No one knew 



where she built her nest, and I know nobody could guess. 



It was in the farmer's coat pocket. 



There she built her nest and in a few days more I heard 

 a tiny chirp up in the granary where the grain was stored. 



