Question

1625 ✗ After a while he stopped running and lay down on the ground. After a while he stopped running and [[lay]] down on the ground. lay | lied

Accepted Answer

lie After a while he stopped running and lied down on the ground. After a while he stopped running and [[lied]] down on the ground. lay lie (lying, lied, lied) = say something which is not true in an attempt to deceive: 'I wonder why he lied about his age?'lie (lying, lay, lain) down = be in or get into a horizontal position: 'I lay down on the bed and fell sound asleep.'

Idx	1625
Keyword	lie
Type of Sentence	✗
Error Sentence	After a while he stopped running and lied down on the ground.
Correct Sentence	After a while he stopped running and lay down on the ground.
Cloze Error Sentence	After a while he stopped running and [[lied]] down on the ground.
Cloze Sentence	After a while he stopped running and [[lay]] down on the ground.
Cloze Answer	lay
Choices	lay \| lied
Explanation	lie (lying, lied, lied) = say something which is not true in an attempt to deceive: 'I wonder why he lied about his age?' lie (lying, lay, lain) down = be in or get into a horizontal position: 'I lay down on the bed and fell sound asleep.'

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