TRANSITIVE - needs object |
INTRANSITIVE - no object |
INTRANSITIVE - no object |
lay - laid - laid - laying |
lie - lay - lain -lying |
lie - lied - lied - lying |
Maris must lay
dishes on the table for dinner.
Maris has laid the table many times. Now she's laying some napkins there. She laid the forks on the table earlier. |
Don likes to lie on
the sofa.
He's lying on the sofa now. He's lain there for an hour. He lay there all day yesterday too. |
Patty lies to her mom
all the time.
She is lying to her mom now. She's lied to her mom many times. She lied to her yesterday too. |
Read the sentences and choose the correct answer:
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1) The cat is ____ on the rug, next to the chair. | B) lying |
2) The cat often ____ on the rug when Marsha reads. | B) lies | |
3) This cat has ____ here many times. | B) lain | |
4) In fact, just last night he ____ here too while Marsha read. | B) lay | |
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5) Chickens ___ eggs. | A) lay |
6) The average hen ____ over 200 eggs per year. (hen = female chicken) | A) lays | |
7) Do you think that ___ eggs hurts the hen? | A) laying | |
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8) Bobby:
"Where is my dictionary?"
Cindy: "I ____ it on the desk over there." |
A) laid |
9) Ann:
Look in the dictionary and tell me where Mexico is please.
Steve: OK. Ah! Mexico ____ to the south of the United States. |
B) lies | |
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10) Frank: I found 500 pennies ____ on the floor! | B) lying |
11) Pete: I don't believe you! You are always ____ to me. | B) lying | |
12) Frank: I don't always ____ to you. I told you the truth yesterday. | B) lie |
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13) The police officers told the robbers to ____ down in the street. | B) lie |
14) So, the robbers ____ down slowly on the road. | B) lay | |
15) The robbers have been caught before, and they have ____ in the street before, too! | B) lain | |
16) Later today, the robbers will be ____ on a bed in the local jail. | B) lying | |
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17)
Peter and Jan sell carpeting.
Today, they spent the whole day ____ carpeting in a big house. |
A) laying |
18)
The carpet in my house isn't new.
It has probably ___ here for 20 years! |
B) lain | |
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19) Maris caught a cold. She ___ in bed for a week. | B) lay |
20) She really hated ____ in bed coughing and sniffling. | B) lying | |
21) She had never ____ in bed for a whole week before. | B) lain | |
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22) The teacher asked the students to ____ their pencils on their desks. | A) lay |
23) So the students ____ their pencils down. | A) laid | |
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24)
Many native English speakers have problems with lay and lie too.
I'm telling you the truth - I'm not ____! |
B) lying |
25) You are finished with this quiz, so you can ____ down and take a nap now! I hope your headache goes away soon! :-) | B) lie |
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