Tricky Verbs: Using Lay and Lie

	to lay meaning:  put something down	to lie meaning:  to recline
Present tense	lay or lays • When Ben and Cheri come in, they   lay their keys on the table. • When he comes in, Ben lays his keys on the table.	lie   or   lies • Cheri and Ben lie on the couch. • Cheri lies on the couch.
Past tense	laid • Yesterday, I laid my keys on the table	lay • Yesterday, Cheri lay on the couch.
Present participle	laying • Bob is laying his keys on the table.	lying • Cheri is lying on the couch.
Past participle	laid • Yesterday, I had laid my keys on the table.	lain • Cheri had lain on the couch all day.

Instructions:  Complete each sentence with the correct form of lay or lie.

1.  Grandma ________________________ her spoon next to the stove.

2.  Eddie is ________________________ on his bed.

3.  Earlier today, Martha had ________________________ her purse on the chair.

4.  John and Dennis ________________________ on the ground, looking at the stars.

5.  Kendra had ________________________ on a raft in the pool all afternoon.

6.  My dog ________________________ on the sofa when I leave the house.

7.  Yesterday, Aldea ________________________ her pencil on the book.

8.  Do you see Jacob ________________________ his baseball cap on the shelf?