The present participle of the verb 'lay' is 'laying'.
My hens were not laying well last summer.
Paul was laying the table a moment ago.
I'm just laying the book down here while I drink my tea.
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.
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 participle form of the verb "lay" is "laid."
No. Laying is the present participle. It can be a verb, a participial, or a noun (gerund).
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.
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 present tense for the verb "lay" is "lay" for the base form and "lays" for the third person singular form, such as "She lays the book on the table."
Yes, laid is the past tense and past participle forms of the transitive verb lay. For example: I laid your books on the table.
The present participle and the past participle of a verb can be an adjective; for example:Present Participle: Jim goes to fencing class.Past participle: The house has a fenced yard.Present participle: We lay out in the baking sun.Past participle: We made the sandwiches from freshly baked bread.
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.
There is a form of past tense of the verb lay, which is lain.
The three tenses of the verb "lie" are present (lie), past (lay), and past participle (lain).