Lie Lay Practice Worksheet

Lie/ Lay/ Lain – to recline or to rest
Lay/ Laid/ Laid – to put something down

First decide if the sentence is describing someone reclining or putting something down. Then determine in what tense the sentence is written.

1. ________ the money on the table.
2. Are they going to ________ the carpet in your house?
3. Chris wondered who was ________ on the bench.
4. He ________ on the beach all day today.
5. He has ________ by the pool all week.
6. He has ________ carpet for 10 years.
7. He is ________ the carpet down right now.
8. I ________ the book on the couch this morning.
9. She ________ in bed until she felt better.
10. That is a strange place to ________ down and take a nap.
11. The dog has ________ in the sun for three hours.
12. They ________ the carpet yesterday.
13. They have ________ the groundwork for the new building.
14. What good is it to ________ there?
15. Yesterday, he ________ on the beach all day.
16. You have ________ the sheets on that bed?

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