Choose the right word. 1. are you fond of lying/laying in the sun? 2. can you help me to lie/lay the table? 3. have you ever lie/lay/lied to your parents? 4. how often do hens lie/lay eggs? 5. where does this island lie/lay? 6. he has lied/lain/laid down after dinner. 7. who lied/lay/laid the table yesterday? 8. she lied/lay/laid in the sun too long last sunday.

1. Are you fond of lying in the sun?

• Explanation: The verb lie (meaning to be in a horizontal position) is intransitive and does not take an object. Its present participle is lying. Laying is the participle of lay, which means to put something down and requires an object.

1. Can you help me to lay the table?

• Explanation: The verb lay means to place or set something down (in this case, the plates and cutlery). It is a transitive verb that requires an object ("the table").

1. Have you ever lied to your parents?

• Explanation: When meaning to tell an untruth, the verb is lie, and its past participle is lied. The form lay is the past tense of the positional "lie," and lie is the base form.

1. How often do hens lay eggs?

• Explanation: In the context of producing eggs, the correct verb is lay (to produce/place). Lie cannot be used here because "eggs" is the direct object.

1. Where does this island lie?

• Explanation: When describing the geographical location of an object, the intransitive verb lie is used. Since the island is not "placing" anything else down, lay is incorrect.

1. He has lain down after dinner.

• Explanation: This sentence uses the present perfect tense (has + past participle). The past participle of the intransitive verb lie (to recline) is lain. Laid is the past participle of lay, and lied refers to telling an untruth.

1. Who laid the table yesterday?

• Explanation: This is the past simple tense of the transitive verb lay (to set). The past tense of lay is laid. Lay (as a past tense) would be for the verb "to recline," and lied means told a falsehood.

1. She lay in the sun too long last Sunday.

• Explanation: This sentence is in the past simple tense. The past tense of the intransitive verb lie (to recline) is lay. Laid is the past tense of "to place," and lied is the past tense of "to tell a lie."

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