Lay or Lie?

Fill in each blank space with one of the two choices:

1. I am going to (lay/lie) down on the couch.

2. Last night I (laid/lay) awake in bed, thinking about my life.

3. My chickens (laid/lay) 20 eggs yesterday.

4. Martha's cat (lays/lies) next to her when she reads.

5. Bill (laid/lay) his comb on the counter after he combed his hair.


6. The police officer told him to (lay/lie) down his gun.

7. Do you plan to (lay/lie) on the grass all day.

8. Don't you ever (lay/lie) a finger on him again!

9. The snake has (laid/lain) in its aquarium all day.

10. I have been (laying/lying) in the sun all day.