The present continuous tense of lay:
The present tense for "laid" is "lay." For example: "I lay the book on the table."
"Lay" is the past tense of "Lie" which is the present tense.
The present tense of "lay" is "lay" or "lays" depending on the subject.
Yes, the past of lie (to rest or recline in a horizontal position) is lay. Lay is also a present tense verb meaning to place something in a horizontal position. The past tense of lay is laid.The past tense of lie (to speak an untruth) is lied.
The past tense of lie (to speak an untruth) is lied.The past tense of lie (to rest in a horizontal position) is lay.Lay is also a present tense verb, and its past tense form is laid.
The present tense for "laid" is "lay." For example: "I lay the book on the table."
"Lay" is the past tense of "Lie" which is the present tense.
The present tense of "lay" is "lay" or "lays" depending on the subject.
Yes, the past of lie (to rest or recline in a horizontal position) is lay. Lay is also a present tense verb meaning to place something in a horizontal position. The past tense of lay is laid.The past tense of lie (to speak an untruth) is lied.
The past tense of lie (to speak an untruth) is lied.The past tense of lie (to rest in a horizontal position) is lay.Lay is also a present tense verb, and its past tense form is laid.
"Lay" is the present tense for the word that means "to place or put down": Lay your coat on the bad. Lay your head on the pillow. "Lie" is the present tense for the word that means "to recline": Lie down for a nap. Lie on the examining table. Here is the present and past tense for each of those examples: Today you lay your coat on the bad. Yesterday you laid your coat on the bed. Today I lay my head on the pillow. Yesterday I laid my head on the pillow. Today I lie down for a nap. Yesterday I lay down for a nap. Today he lies on the examining table. Yesterday he lay on the examining table.
I/you/we/they lay. He/she/it lays. The present participle is laying.
The present perfect tense of "lay" is "has/have laid." For example: "I have laid the book on the table."
Both are present tense verbs.Lie (intransitive): to rest or recline. She lies in the sun on warm days.Lie (intransitive): to fib or tell an untruth. Don't believe a word he says. He lies.Lay (transitive): to put something down. Lay the blanket on the bed.To make things a bit more complicated, lay is also the past tense of lie.
Present Tense: Lie Past Tense: Lay Past Participle: Lain
Past present and future
No. the word lays is a verb form. It is the present tense, third person singular form of the verb lay.