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In the sense "to tell a lie, say something that is not true", lie is a regular verb. The important thing to remember with lie is that it is intransitive, so there is no direct object. Lay is the same as the present tense of to lay.
In the sense "to tell a lie, say something that is not true", lie is a regular verb. The important thing to remember with lie is that it is intransitive, so there is no direct object. Lay is the same as the present tense of to lay.
In the sense "to tell a lie, say something that is not true", lie is a regular verb. The important thing to remember with lie is that it is intransitive, so there is no direct object. Lay is the same as the present tense of to lay.
The first one above is easy. In the sense "to tell a lie, say something that is not true", lie is a regular verb and has no direct object. The past tense is always -ed. Look at these eamples! "ome people lie about their age. #ohn lies about everything. "I$m forty-nine," he lied. %e have all lied a few times in our lives. That$s not true& 'ou$re lying& Lie (irregular, intransitive) (ow we come to the irregular lie, meaning "to be in, or to take, a horizontal/resting position". This is what we do on a bed, for eample. %e lie on our bed when we sleep. The important thing to remember with lie is that it is intransitive, so there is no direct object. Look at this eamples. 'ou see there is no direct object. to lie to lie to lay basic meaning to tell a lie, an untruth to recline; to be in or to take a horizontal/resting position to put something down in a horizontal position regular? regular lie, lied, lied irregular lie, lay, lain irregular lie, laid, laid transitive? direct object? intransitive (no direct object) intransitive (no direct object) transitive (must have direct object) 3rd person s lies lies lays present participle lying lying laying past tense lied lay laid past participle lied lain laid Something lies (somewhere) subject verb )y dog lies on this mat. )ary is lying on the sofa. 'ou also need to remember that the past tense of this lie is "lay", which is the same as the present tense of to lay. Look at this table of conjugation! present past present per!ect I lie lay* have lain you lie lay* have lain he, she, it lies lay has lain we lie lay* have lain you lie lay* have lain they lie lay* have lain *This is the same as the present tense of to lay. Look at these eample sentences! I feel sick. I want to lie on the bed. +sually I lie on the sofa and watch T,. )y dog always lies on this mat. -e loves this mat. 'esterday, he lay here all day. "he has lain in bed since she got ill. .fter the aircrash, wreckage was lying all over the place. "ypical mistake I always lay on a bench to do this eercise. /should be lie0 TIP Lie is something that we do to ourselves. Lay is something that we do to other people or things. I lie on the sofa when I$m tired. )ary lays the baby in its crib when it cries. Lay (irregular, transitive) The main meaning of the verb lay is "to put (something) down in a horizontal position". The important thing to remember with lay is that it is transitive, so it )+"T have a direct object. 'ou cannot just lay. 'ou have to lay something. Look at these eamples. 'ou see they all have direct objects. Something lays something (somewhere) subject verb direct object 1hickens lay eggs. 2ur chickens lay their eggs on the ground. The nurses laid the wounded man on the bed. -ere is a table of conjugation! present past present per!ect I lay laid have laid you lay laid have laid he, she, it lays laid has laid we lay laid have laid you lay laid have laid they lay laid have laid -ere are some eample sentences! The policeman told him to lay his gun on the ground. The police usually lay a sheet over dead bodies. This chicken lays three eggs every day. -e opened the books and laid them on the desk. I have laid the carpet. 'ou can walk on it now. The phone rang just as she was laying the new clothes on the bed. Lay / Lie / Lie rregular !erb "#$%&"!' (needs an object) rregular !erb %"#$%&"!' (no object) #egular !erb %"#$%&"!' (no object) (to put something down) lay - laid - laid - laying (to recline on a bed, etc.) lie - lay - lain -lying (to tell a lie) lie - lied - lied - lying (aris must lay everything on the table )or dinner* (aris laid a )ork on the table* %ow she+s laying a napkin there* ,on likes to lie on the so)a* -e+s lying on the so)a now* -e+s lain there )or an hour* .at lies to her mom* &he is lying to her mom now* &he+s lied to her mom many times* Lie is an intransitive verb (one that does not take an object), meaning "to recline." Its principal parts are lie (base form), lay (past tense), lain (past participal), and lying (present participle). Lie meaning "to tell an untruth" uses lied for both the past tense and past participle, with lying as the present participle.! Lay is a transitive verb (one that takes an object), meaning "to put" or "to place." Its principal parts are lay (base form), laid (past tense), laid (past participle), and laying (present participle). "he two words have different meanings and are not interchangeable. #lthough lay also serves as the past tense of lie (to recline) $ as in, "%e lay down for a nap an hour ago" $ lay (or laying) may not otherwise be used to denote reclining. It is not correct to say or write, "I will lay down for nap" or "%e is laying down for a nap." "he misuse of lay or laying in the sense of "to recline" (which re&uires lie or lying) is the most common error involving the confusion of these two words. ' (nce you lay (put or place) a book on the desk, it is lying (reclining, resting) there, not laying there. ' )hen you go to *ermuda for your vacation, you spend your time lying (not laying) on the beach (unless, of course, you are engaged in se+ual activity and are, in the vernacular, laying someone on the beach). ' ,ou lie down on the sofa to watch "- and spend the entire evening lying there. you do not lay down on the sofa to watch "- and spend the entire evening laying there. ' If you see something lying on the ground, it is just resting there. if you see something laying on the ground, it must be doing something else, such as laying eggs. /ie vs. /ay 0hart 1resent 1ast 1ast 1articiple (used with helping verbs such as have) "o recline lie, lying lay has/have/had lain "o put or place lay, laying laid has/have/had laid something "o tell a )alsehood lie, lying lied has/have/had lied '/ample o) to recline in present tense0 lie down )or a nap at two o1clock every day* &ame e/ample as above in past tense0 lay down yesterday )or a nap* &ame e/ample as above with a participle0 have lain down every day this week* '/ample o) to put or place something in present tense0 lay the book down* &ame e/ample as above in past tense0 laid the book down* &ame e/ample as above with a participle0 have laid the book down* '/ample o) to tell a falsehood in present tense0 am tempted to lie about my weight* &ame e/ample as above in past tense0 lied about my weight when renewed my driver1s license* &ame e/ample as above with a participle0 have lied about my weight each time have renewed my driver1s license*