Identify the option that correctly identifies the form of the verb(s) as used in the sentence:He lay in bed for several hours before the alarm rang. [Advanced]

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Identify the option that correctly identifies the form of the verb(s) as used in the sentence:
He lay in bed for several hours before the alarm rang. [Advanced]

lay - transitive verb ; rang - intransitive verb

lay, rang - intransitive verb

lay, rang - transitive verb

lay - intransitive verb ; rang - transitive verb

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The correct solution is D. Intransitive verbs are those verbs which do not require any direct object. They are complete without any object. 'Lay' and 'rang' are the verbs which are complete without any direct object. 'Lay' used here is the past form of Lie.