Question:

The cows were laying in the field even though it was raining.

Answer:

The answer correctly formed compound verb is not correct.

Explanation:

The compound verb were laying is transitive, but the sentence describes the position of the cows, not the act of lying down. Thus, the correct answer is were lying.

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