The boy ________ on the ground _________ that he had seen a cock ________ an egg.

A. laying; lay; lay  
B. lying; lie; lie
C. lying; lied; lay  
D. lay; lying; lay

A. strength/force/energy/power
1. He lifted the stone with all his _____.
2. The police had to use _____ when they took him to the police station.
3. As far as I'm concerned, economic, not military _____, is the wave of the future.
4. The hibernating animals hardly make any movement, hardly use any, and hardly need any _____ food.
B. lie/lay
5. The cock _____ on the ground _____ that he had _____ an egg.
6. The dictionary _____ where you _____ it when you left yesterday.
7. When we entered her room, we saw her clothes that she had left _____ around.
8. The man _____ there never tells a _____.