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No, lying is not the present tense form of the verb "lay." "Lying" is the present participle form of the verb "lie," which means to recline or rest horizontally. "Lay" is the base form of the verb that means to put something down.
No. The word lay is a verb. It cannot be a preposition.
The past participle form of the verb "lay" is "laid."
The past tense of "run" is "ran."
It is not a combined form. The word "down" is an adverb. It can modify verbs such as lay.
Yes, "lay" is an irregular verb.
The past tense of "cry" is "cried."
No, lying is not the present tense form of the verb "lay." "Lying" is the present participle form of the verb "lie," which means to recline or rest horizontally. "Lay" is the base form of the verb that means to put something down.
No. The word lay is a verb. It cannot be a preposition.
The past participle form of the verb "lay" is "laid."
The past tense of "run" is "ran."
It is not a combined form. The word "down" is an adverb. It can modify verbs such as lay.
Laid, transitive verb here. You lay what? Object of the verb here is "the phone," so you need the verb "to lay" (not "to lie") Past tense of "to lay" is "laid." (Just to make matters worse, "lay" is past tense of "to lie," the verb you don't need here.) Good question!
If you mean the noun "lay", the plural is "lays". If you mean the plural form of the verb, it is always lay: we lay, you lay, they lay. Note: lay is a transitive verb. One can lay eggs, tables, and other people! The past tense of "lay" is "laid". The form "lay" is also the past tense of the intransitive verb "lie". E.g. Everyday I lie on my back for an hour. / Yesterday I lay on my back for an hour.
The word laid is a verb. It is the past tense of the word lay.
The verb form of "lie" is "to lie."
That is the correct spelling of "laid down" (verb to lay, transitive verb).The past tense of lie (lie down) would be lay down(verb to lie, intransitive verb).