Question

He ________ to us that he ________ the watch on the table. A．lied; lay B．lay; laid C．lied;

He ________ to us that he ________ the watch on the table. A．lied; lay B．lay; laid C．lied; had laid D．lay; had laid

Answer 1

C

词义辨析和动词时态。Lie撒谎，过去式和过去分词是lied,lied; lay放，搁，过去式，过去分词是laid ；根据句子，第一空是撒谎 的意思，排除B,D；第二空是放的意思，并且把手表放在桌子上这一动作发生在撒谎之前，要用过去完成时态，所以选C。