Directions: In the given sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. Your skill lie in cheering up people who are stressed out, wounded up or generally just annoyed.

Explanation

The correct answer is "Your skill lie" . Key Points In the given sentence, the baseform of the verb 'lie' used is incorrect . The verb third-person singular present should be used in the simple present tense with the pronoun 'Your' . In the present tense, regular verbs are conjugated by adding an ' s' in the third person singular . Therefore, the third-person singular verb ' lies ' should be used instead of the base form of the verb ' lie '. Hence , the correct answer is option 1 . Correct Sentence :Your skill lies in cheering up people who are stressed out, wounded up or generally just annoyed. Additional Information Lay and lie are the two most difficult irregular verbs because when we speak, we frequently misuse them. As a result, our ears are used to hearing incorrect forms. When we encounter a wrong form while we are proofreading, it sounds right. Definition of Lay Lay means to put something (or someone) down. Because lay is a transitive verb, a direct object will follow. A direct object receives the action of the verb. Read this example: Before returning to the Godzilla marathon on late night TV, Quentin laid his sleeping son Jeremy on the bed and covered him with a quilt. Quentin laid whom on the bed? Jeremy. Definition of Lie Lie, on the other hand, means to rest or recline. Lie is an intransitive verb, so no direct object will follow. The center of Diane's bed always smells like dog because Reliable, her beagle, lies there every chance he gets. What is Reliable doing in the middle of the bed? Resting.