Question

Select the most appropriate verb form to fill in the blank in the given sentence. She ________ her keys on the kitchen counter.

• A. lays
• B. laid
• C. lying
• D. lain

Answer 1

Answer:

B. laid

• This requires the past tense of the transitive verb to lay (meaning to put something down). • Lay (Present) >Laid (Past)> Laid (Past Participle). • "Lies" or "Lain" come from the verb to lie (to recline), which does not take an object like "keys."