Stand, lie, sit, hang

Where English simply says is, Russian usually says how a thing is positioned:

• стоять (stand): upright things and things on legs or a base, such as cups, plates, vases, furniture, parked cars and shoes: Машина стоит у дома.
• лежать (lie): flat things and things lying down, such as keys, phones, money, carpets, snow or a sleeping dog: Ключи лежат в сумке.
• висеть (hang): pictures, clocks, lamps, clothes on a hanger: Картина висит на стене.
• сидеть (sit): people on chairs, birds on a branch, even insects: Муха сидит на потолке.

Present: стоит/стоят, лежит/лежат, висит/висят, сидит/сидят. The past agrees with gender and number: стоял, стояла, стояло, стояли (also лежало, висела, сидели). People in a queue стоят в очереди.