Lay or Lie

Nicole ________ a blanket on the grass.

• lie

• laid

Her dog ________ there with her.

• lies

• lays

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Yesterday, Nicole _________ in the sun for an hour.

• lay

• laid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

The workers are __________ bricks for a house.

• lying

• laying

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Yesterday, they ________ a ton of them.

• lay

• laid

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

They ______ one brick on top of the other.

• lie

• lay

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.4A

... to place something somewhere

• lay
• lie

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

... means to be at rest in a reclining position.

• lay
• lie

... needs an object in the sentence.

• lay
• lie

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

... needs an adverb or prepositional phrase after it to show direction. 

• lay
• lie