Question:

We spent the morning lying on the sofa watching cartoons instead of raking the leaves.

Answer:

The answer correctly formed verb is correct.

Explanation:

The participle lying is intransitive and describes the position of we rather than the act of placing (laying) something on the sofa. Thus, the correct answer is lying.

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