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May I ask which verb forms you, spontaneously, would fill in with the marked gaps (lie, take)? Thanks in advance for partaking. Non-natives, of course, also warmly welcome, but please make sure that you mention you are one, then.
Native speaker (Midwest USA)
Test: "And by the time of my 20th birthday I -will have spent- a complete year in Australia.”
Me: “and by my 20th birthday I’ll have spent a full year in Australia.”
Test: “I'm a bit -jealous- of you when I think you probably -will be lying- on Bondi Beach while I -take- my A-levels next year.
Me “I get a bit jealous when I imagine you lying on Bondi Beach as I take my A-levels for next year.”
Test: “I must really ask you not to be -rude- to the native Australians.”
Me: “I’m asking you not to be rude to the native Australians.”
Also me. “You can offer the native Australians some Shepherd’s pie instead of being a dick. Don't ya know?”
Lay means "to place something flat"
Lie means "to be in a flat position on a surface"
In the event the object in question can't be flat, like an egg, it implies stability.
But with all languages this does slowly shift in correctness
"The child who lies in the crib was laid there by their parent who is currently being laid on the floor with a knife in their back by the attacker who lied about being CPS."
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Correct. "As I lay myself to sleep..."