Yes lay is the present tense form.
The past participle form of the verb "lay" is "laid."
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.
The verb form of "lie" is "to lie."
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."
It is not a combined form. The word "down" is an adverb. It can modify verbs such as lay.
The past participle form of the verb "lay" is "laid."
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.
The verb form of "lie" is "to lie."
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."
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It is not a combined form. The word "down" is an adverb. It can modify verbs such as lay.
No. the word lays is a verb form. It is the present tense, third person singular form of the verb lay.
The word laid is a verb. It is the past tense of the word lay.
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.
Yes, laid is the past tense and past participle forms of the transitive verb lay. For example: I laid your books on the table.
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.
No. Laying is the present participle. It can be a verb, a participial, or a noun (gerund).