Present Tense: Lie
Past Tense: Lay
Past Participle: Lain
The present tense of "lain" is "lie."
The present perfect tense of "lie" is "have lied."
The present perfect tense of "lie" is "have/has lain". For example, "I have lain on the beach all afternoon."
The present perfect tense with past participle for the word "lie" is "have lied."
The past tense of "lain" is "lay." For example, "He lay down on the bed."
The present tense is "lie" (lies for the third person singular). The present continuous is am lying (I) are lying (you, we, they) is lying (he, she, it) The present perfect continuous is: has been lying (he, she, it) have been lying (all others) The present perfect forms are different for lie (to tell a lie) and lie (to lie down) * LIE (tell falsehood) has lied (he, she it) have lied (all others) * LIE (become recumbent) has lain (he, she it) have lain (all others)
lay (lays)
The present perfect tense of "lie" is "have lied."
The present perfect tense with past participle for the word "lie" is "have lied."
A few of the many irregular verbs in English are:drive (present tense) drove (past tense) driven (past participle)lie (present tense) lay (past tense) lain(past participle)ring (present tense) rang (past tense) rung (past participle)read (present tense) read (past tense) read (past participle)am, is, are (present tense of be), was, were (past tense) been (past participle)
The past tense of "lain" is "lay." For example, "He lay down on the bed."
I have lain on bed for more than five hours
The present tense is "lie" (lies for the third person singular). The present continuous is am lying (I) are lying (you, we, they) is lying (he, she, it) The present perfect continuous is: has been lying (he, she, it) have been lying (all others) The present perfect forms are different for lie (to tell a lie) and lie (to lie down) * LIE (tell falsehood) has lied (he, she it) have lied (all others) * LIE (become recumbent) has lain (he, she it) have lain (all others)
The past tense of lay can be laid, or just lay. For example, yesterday the hen laid an egg. However, we do not say that we "laid on the bed", but that we "lay on the bed".The present perfect tense can be "has lain" or "has laid", e.g. "He has lain on that couch, doing nothing, for days" or "Your pet hen has laid an egg on the couch".
A homophone for "lane" is "lain," which is the past participle of the verb "to lie."
Present tense is used to describe things that are happening now or are generally true. Past tense is used to describe things that have already happened.
The verb is is the present tense.
had lain or had laid e.g. The hen had laidan egg. The sick child had lain in bed for three days.