Lie/Lay -- Perfect Tense
Overhead to Help You Understand:
LIE -To lie down is an act that can be attributed to the subject.
There is no object of this verb, as the subject is doing the action without a receiver.
(Hint: substitute "recline." If "recline" works, then "lie" is also correct)
Conjugation of LIE:
lie (present tense)
lay (past tense)
will lie (future tense)
lain (perfect tense) (use with have, had, has)
LAY - Lay must have a direct object. One lays something down.
(Hint: substitute "put." If "put" works, then "lay" is also correct.)
Conjugation of LAY:
lay (present tense)
laid (past tense)
will lay (future tense)
laid (perfect tense) (use with have, had, has)
Practice:
Harold reclines in the arm chair.
Harold puts his sister in a car seat.
Leslie reclined on the Spongebob Squarepants chair.
Leslie put her purse on the Spongebob Squarepants chair.
Mark will recline in his hotel room.
Mark will put his briefcase in his hotel room.
Jimmy has reclined by the pool way too much this summer.
Jimmy’s friends have put firecrackers under his lounge chair.
