The past tense of the transitive verb lay is laid. Example: I laid the book on the table.
The past participle of lay is have/has laid. Example: I have always laid my books on this table.
The past tense of "lay" is "laid," and the past participle is also "laid."
The past participle of "lay" is "laid."
The past participle of "lay" is "laid." For example, "She laid the book on the table."
The past participle form of the verb "lay" is "laid."
If by "lay" is meant the present indicative and infinitive form of "to lay", a transitive verb, the past participle is "laid". "Lay", however, is also the past indicative form of the irregular and intransitive verb "to lie", and if that is the meaning of "lay", it, like other past tense verbs, has no participle of its own; the past participle of this meaning of "lie" is lain.
The past tense of lie (to tell an untruth) is lied. Lied is also the past participle. The past tense of lie (to rest or recline in a horizontal position) is lay. Lain is the past participle.
Laid is the past tense and past participle of lay.
The past participle of "lay" is "laid." For example, "She laid the book on the table."
If by "lay" is meant the present indicative and infinitive form of "to lay", a transitive verb, the past participle is "laid". "Lay", however, is also the past indicative form of the irregular and intransitive verb "to lie", and if that is the meaning of "lay", it, like other past tense verbs, has no participle of its own; the past participle of this meaning of "lie" is lain.
Laid is already the past tense and past participle of lay.
The past participle of "lay" is "laid."
The past participle form of the verb "lay" is "laid."
If by "lay" is meant the present indicative and infinitive form of "to lay", a transitive verb, the present participle is "laying". "Lay", however, is also the past indicative form of the irregular and intransitive verb "to lie", and if that is the meaning of "lay", it, like other past tense verbs, has no participle of its own.
The past tense of lie (to tell an untruth) is lied. Lied is also the past participle. The past tense of lie (to rest or recline in a horizontal position) is lay. Lain is the past participle.
The past tense of "lie down" is "lay down", and the past participle is "lain down".
LAID The original verb here is "to lay", a transitive verb requiring a direct object. The present tense is "lay" (such as a book on a table), past tense is "laid" and the past participle is "laid" such as I have laid the book on the table every evening. The verb that means to rest or recline (intransitive with no direct object) is "to lie", past tense is lay, and past participle is lain.
The past tense and the past participle of the verb 'to lie', meaning 'to tell an untruth', are both 'lied': 'I lied when I told you I loved you.' 'I have lied to you ever since we met.' The past tense of the verb 'to lie', meaning 'to be situated', is 'lay', and the past participle is 'lain': 'I lay on a towel on the beach in the sun.' 'I have lain there every day this week.'
The principal parts ( i.e. the present, preterite and past participle ) of the verb to lie ( meaning to be or to become recumbent ) are lie, lay and lain. I lie there today; I lay there yesterday; I have lain there for a week.