SET  (set, set, setting)

         1.     The cook filled the pan and set it on the stove        (put, place something somewhere)

         2.  sun / moon : it goes below the horizon   moonset in Yosemite Park (California)

         3. set the table     Children! come to set the table for dinner.

         4. to move a switch on a machine, clock.. so that it works in the way you want.

                Set the egg timer going!

                the heating is set on 'low' 

    SEAT

              The auditorium can seat 200 people   (l'auditorium contient 200 places assises)

                                            My car seats five   (on peut asseoir 5 personnes dans ma voiture)

                                           To tell someone to sit down you say: sit down / have a seat

                                                                                                              be seated  (in formal situations)

Intermediate
English exercise "Set / Sit / Seat (verbs)" created by lili73 (26-04-2008 19:04) with The test builder
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1.
Don't make any noise, a cat is sittingseatingsetting by the window.
2.
The sun rises in the east and setssitsseats in the west.
3.
These sunflowers are very nice. SitSetSeat the vase on the table, please.
4.
The Colosseum (Rome) could setseatsit an audience of 75,000.
5.
Please, don't setseatsit on the table but at the table.
6.
The lecturer is coming. Please be satseatedset ,ladies and gentlemen
7.
Tom is the boy who seatssetssits next to me at school.
8.
What are the girls doing? I don't know exactly, they are seatingsittingsetting cross-legged on the grass.
9.
Sonia had to take an early train so she seatedsatset the alarm-clock for 5 am.
10.
Please remain setseatedsat until the aircraft has come to a stop.