Question

【题目】Mr. Green ________ (lay) his hand gently on his daughter's shoulder and encouraged her to keep trying.

Answer 1

【答案】laid

【解析】

句意：格林先生轻轻地把手放在女儿的肩上，鼓励她继续努力。

空格是句子的谓语，判断填动词，根据and并列成分和语法要一致的原则，推断空格用一般过去式，lay放置，动词，其过去式为不规则变化laid；故答案为laid。