Lay and LieNB: When it means “not to tell the truth”, lie is a regular verb.. The police let the criminal ………… where he had fallen.. It means to put something in a flat or horizontal pos
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NB: When it means “not to tell the truth”, lie is a regular verb Example: Both witnesses
lied to the police about what happened in the accident
Complete the following sentences with lay or lie in the
correct form and tense.
1 How long have these books been ……… on the floor?
2 Sally told her dog to ……… down
3 Mary ………… her head on John’s shoulder and smiled
4 This pottery has ………… buried in the earth for a thousand years
5 Ben found his papers ………… on the floor when he came into his office
6 The police let the criminal ………… where he had fallen
7 These bricks have been ………… very badly
8 The prisoners were ordered to ………… down their arms
9 The mayor ……… the foundation stone of the new school
It means to put something in a flat or
horizontal position
This verb always has an object
It is an irregular verb: lay, laid, laid
The baby sitter laid the baby on the
table to change his nappies
It means to be in or move into a horizontal position on a surface
This verb never has an object.
It is an irregular verb: lie, lay, lain Present participle: lying
The mechanic was lying on his back
underneath my car
Trang 210 They told the doctor that she had been ………… motionless for two hours.
ANSWER KEY
1 lying
2 lie
3 laid
4 lain
5 lying
6 lie
7 laid
8 lay
9 laid
10 lying