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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