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Topic: LAY or LIE? | level: Advanced

Fill in each blank space with the form of to lay or to lie that is appropriate (PS: This is a hard one :)

1. Please (lay/lie) down that book and listen to me.

2. He was (laying/lying)on her back in the hot sun.

3. Sometimes she (lays/lies)in the hammock for hours.

4. The fugitive (laid/lay) down his gun.

5. Sometimes I like to (lay/lie) down and rest after lunch.

6. I though that you (laid/lay) the magazine on that shelf.

7. Your report has (laid/lain) on my desk for weeks.

8. Yesterday they (laid/lay) the foundation for the house.

9. They (laid/lay) hidden in the bushes.

10. I often (lay/lie)in bed for hours on Sunday mornings.

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