These are two different verbs: one means: to be positioned horizontally (lie) and the other to position something else horizontally, to put something down (lay)
They sound similar and have a meaning connected to being horizontal, that's one reason for their confusion.
Make sure you also don't confuse their past tenses:
Lay: laid
lie: lay
Yes, Lay is the present tense of one of them and the past of the other: that's the other reason for their confusion!
Usually conjunctions are not a good way to start a sentence; such as 'and' and 'but'...
Answer:
C is the answer to this question.
Explanation:
Here are some examples of answers:
1. A song was sung by Rita.
2. A restaurant was opened last year by them.
3. An interesting story was told by granny.
Now use these, and this website: https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/activepass.htm
to help you with the rest.
The way I like to remember it, is to take the first noun and the second noun and switch them, then alter the verb tense and sentence structure to make it make sense.
