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"Lay" is the present tense for the word that means "to place or put down": Lay your coat on the bad. Lay your head on the pillow.
"Lie" is the present tense for the word that means "to recline": Lie down for a nap. Lie on the examining table.
Here is the present and past tense for each of those examples:
Today you lay your coat on the bad.
Yesterday you laid your coat on the bed.
Today I lay my head on the pillow.
Yesterday I laid my head on the pillow.
Today I lie down for a nap.
Yesterday I lay down for a nap.
Today he lies on the examining table.
Yesterday he lay on the examining table.
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What is the present tense for the word laid?
The present tense for "laid" is "lay." For example: "I lay the book on the table."
Is lay present or past tense?
"Lay" is the present tense form while "laid" is the past tense form. For example: I lay the book on the table (present tense) and I laid the book on the table (past tense).
What is the presant tense of lay?
The present tense of "lay" is "lay" or "lays" depending on the subject.
Is the present tense of lay the same past tense of lie?
Yes, the past of lie (to rest or recline in a horizontal position) is lay. Lay is also a present tense verb meaning to place something in a horizontal position. The past tense of lay is laid.The past tense of lie (to speak an untruth) is lied.
Is the present tense of lay the same as the past tense of lie?
The past tense of lie (to speak an untruth) is lied.The past tense of lie (to rest in a horizontal position) is lay.Lay is also a present tense verb, and its past tense form is laid.
What is the present tense for the word laid?
The present tense for "laid" is "lay." For example: "I lay the book on the table."
Is lay present or past tense?
"Lay" is the present tense form while "laid" is the past tense form. For example: I lay the book on the table (present tense) and I laid the book on the table (past tense).
What is the presant tense of lay?
The present tense of "lay" is "lay" or "lays" depending on the subject.
Is the present tense of lay the same past tense of lie?
Yes, the past of lie (to rest or recline in a horizontal position) is lay. Lay is also a present tense verb meaning to place something in a horizontal position. The past tense of lay is laid.The past tense of lie (to speak an untruth) is lied.
Is the present tense of lay the same as the past tense of lie?
The past tense of lie (to speak an untruth) is lied.The past tense of lie (to rest in a horizontal position) is lay.Lay is also a present tense verb, and its past tense form is laid.
What is the present continuous tense for the word 'lay'?
The present continuous tense of 'lay' is 'is laying' or 'are laying'.
What is the present tense of lay?
The present tense of "lay" is "lay" when referring to placing something down (transitive) and "lie" when referring to reclining oneself (intransitive).
Present perfect tense of lay?
The present perfect tense of "lay" is "has/have laid." For example: "I have laid the book on the table."
What is the present tense of lain?
Present Tense: Lie Past Tense: Lay Past Participle: Lain
lies, lay and laid?
Past present and future
Which is not a verb lay laying lying laid?
Lay, laying, lying, and laid are all verbs.Lay is a present tense transitive verb and is also the past tense of the present tense intransitive verb lie.Laying is the present participle of lay and is used to create the progressive tenses.Lying is the present participle of the verb lie.Laid is the past tense of lay.
What is the present perfect for lay?
The present perfect tense of "lay" is "have laid."
