Great things lie ahead. "Lie" is the correct verb in this context, referring to things that are located or positioned in front of us in the future.
"Lie ahead" is used for plural subjects, and "lies ahead" is used for singular subjects.Example:"Trouble lies ahead.""Troubles lie ahead."
The verb to lay always takes a direct object: Lay your cards on the table. The verb to lie never takes a direct object: Lie down on the bed.Many English speakers are confused by the fact that the past tense of lie looks like the present tense of lay, and so they will incorrectly say Lay down, or as I was laying there, instead of the correct Lie down and as I was lying there.Perhaps at least part of the confusion may be laid to the familiar verse "Now I lay me down to sleep," in which layhas the old fashioned reflexive object "me." Nowadays we might say "Now I lay myself down to sleep, " but careful speakers would never say "Now I lay down to sleep. "
The ozone layer lies in the stratosphere. It does not lie between 2 layers. Some ozone is there in troposphere.
The Central Lowlands lie between the Appalachians Highlands Great and the Plains.
The three Great Lakes that lie entirely in the Eastern Time Zone are Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and Lake Huron.
It depends. In the present tense it is lie ahead. In the past tense it is lay ahead. Because lay is the past tense of lie. Do not confuse this with the verb lay, which means to put something down. I may lay an ambush. But the ambush lies ahead. Now that I am past the ambush it does not bother me that it lay ahead.
I never lied on my dad.
They LIE down (to lie, lay, lain). LAY the table, please! (to lay, laid, laid).
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.
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To lie down on The Great Escape Xbox game, hold down "B" for a few seconds.
The past tense of lie (to rest in a horizontal position) is lay. The past tense of lie (to express something that is not true) is lied.
"Lie ahead" is used for plural subjects, and "lies ahead" is used for singular subjects.Example:"Trouble lies ahead.""Troubles lie ahead."
The past tense of "lie" is "lay" and the past tense of "lay" is "laid".
The verb form of "lie" is "to lie."
The subjective tense of "lie" is "lay." The subjective forms of the verb "to lie" are "lie" (present tense) and "lay" (past tense).
The past tense of "lie down" is "lay down."