Present Tense: Lie
Past Tense: Lay
Past Participle: Lain
The past participle is lain. lie /lay/ lain They have lain on the beach all day.
I don't believe her she has lied to me in the past.All of them have lied to me at sometime.
The present perfect tense with past participle for the word "lie" is "have lied."
Lain is already the past tense of lie. (to lie in a horizontal position as opposed to not telling the truth)
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 participle is lain. lie /lay/ lain They have lain on the beach all day.
lay (lays)
I don't believe her she has lied to me in the past.All of them have lied to me at sometime.
The present perfect tense with past participle for the word "lie" is "have lied."
Lain is already the past tense of lie. (to lie in a horizontal position as opposed to not telling the truth)
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".
Depending on which definition of lie, had lain and had lied are both past perfect.
I have lain on bed for more than five hours
The past tense of "lie down" is "lay down", and the past participle is "lain down".
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 verb is is the present tense.