Saturday, February 21, 2015

Difficult Word Pairs-LIE/LAY

EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Difficult word pairs

LIE/LAY

LIE- a verb meaning "Lie down".

Eg. She LIE down on the carpet to rest.

Past tense for LIE is LAY

Eg.  We all LAY down on the carpet to rest

LAY-a verb meaning ' put (something) down'

Eg. Siti lay down the books on the table.
(persent tense)u

The past tense is LAID.

Eg. She LAID the books on the table just now.(past tense)

Wallahua'lam

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