Directions: Read the sentence below. Then choose the correct form of lay or lie to fill the blank.
Your answer will win you whatever is behind the screen. Only the correct choice, however, will get you a cool prize! Wrong answers, alas, are dreadful consolation gifts.
You might want to consult the rules before you make your choice!
Theodora will nuzzle a snake, kiss a frog, and let a tarantula crawl up
her arm. But if you were __________ a bowl of lima beans on the dining room
table, she would run screaming from the house.