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Response and Rationale for Writing Subtest Sample Question #34

Answer: I was lying in my bed reading a book.

 

Rationale: The verbs “lie” and “lay” (along with “sit” and “set”) are easy to confuse. “Lie” is intransitive (does not take an object); therefore, “lying” is the correct form in the above sentence.

 

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