Lay / Lie / Lie
Irregular Verb
TRANSITIVE (needs an object) |
Irregular Verb
INTRANSITIVE (no object) |
Regular Verb
INTRANSITIVE (no object) |
(to put something down)
lay - laid - laid - laying |
(to recline on a bed, etc.)
lie - lay - lain -lying |
(to tell a lie)
lie - lied - lied - lying |
Maris must lay everything on the table for dinner.
Maris laid a fork on the table. Now she's laying a napkin there. |
Don likes to lie on the sofa.
He's lying on the sofa now. He's lain there for an hour. |
Pat lies to her mom.
She is lying to her mom now. She's lied to her mom many times. |