lie

1)v．to be in a flat resting position, as on the round or a bed(lay, lain)

e．g．The man was so tired that he ________ on the ground and couldn't get up．

2)v．to be or remain in a flat position on a surface

e．g．Have you ever seen the book that ________ on the table?

3)v．to be in a described place, position, or direction

e．g．The small town ________ to the south of our city．

4)v．to be the responsibility of

e．g．The decision ________ with you．

5)v．to tell a lie, not the truth(lied, lied)

e．g．He ________ again yesterday, it made his mother very angry．

6)n．an untrue statement purposely made to deceive

e．g．It is obviously a ________．Don't trust him any more．

　　Yesterday my mother went into a shop for some a　　1　　．She put her basket and her handbag on a table and went to look at the apples．There were a lot of people in the shop．When the shop assistant was f　　2　　, he weighted(称)the apples for my mother, put them in a paper-bag and said, “That will be twenty pence(便士), Mrs．Black．”

　　My mother said, “My m　　3　　 is in my handbag on the table．” She went to the table and was surprised to f　　4　　 the basket was still on the table, but the handbag was no l　　5　　 there!

　　Just then there was a lot of n　　6　　 at the door of the shop, a policeman came in．He was holding a man w　　7　　 my mother’s handbag．My mother went up to the policeman and said,”That’s my bag．” The policeman looked in the bag and asked, “How m　　8　　 money did you have?”“Two pounds and a few pence．” “It’s all here,” the policeman said and gave her the bag．”I stopped the man out there．He was running a　　9　　 in the street．”

　　There was a s　　10　　 on my mother’s face．