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Date ___________________

Using learn, teach, lie, and lay
Circle the word that best completes each sentence.
1.  If the y-coordinate of a point is negative, then it must (lie, lay) in the 3d or 4th quadrants.
2.  We try to (learn, teach) our dog a new trick every month.
3.  Matt instantly had an inspiration of how he could best (learn, teach) Attean how to read.
4.  The pig ate its dinner and (lie, lay) down in the mud.
5.  What is the best way to (learn, teach) how to swim?
6.  It is better to tell the truth than to tell a (lie, lay).
7.  It will enrich your communication to (learn, teach) sign language.
8.  Unless you (learn, teach) to take better care of your clothes, I am not buying you any more.
9.  When the ambulance arrived, he (lie, lay) unconscious on the floor.
10.  Monarch butterflies (lie, lay) their eggs on the milkweed plant.
11.  If you tell a (lie, lay), you could get in serious trouble from your parents.
12.  I would like to (learn, teach) to play an accordion.
13.  The horse trotted across the pasture to (lie, lay) under the shade tree.
14.  We should respect our parents for trying to (learn, teach) us right from wrong.
15.  His chronic absences from school made it difficult for him to (learn, teach) the material.
16.  Aesop's fables are cautionary tales; their morals are intended to (learn, teach) lessons.
17.  We should (learn, teach) our children not to venture out into the street.
18.  The seals (lie, lay) on the rocks and basked in the sun.
19.  "The (lie, lay) that you told is so repellent that it makes me sick to hear it."
20.  Eric (lie, lay) in a supine position after falling backward in his chair.



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