Lie and Lay

LAY - Lay must have a direct object. One lays something down.  (Transitive)

(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)

Examples: 

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I lay the book on the desk.      

Yesterday I laid the book on the desk.

I was laying the book on the desk.

I have laid the book on the desk.

 

LIE -To lie down is an act that can be attributed to the subject.   (Intransitive)
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)
 
Examples: 

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I lie on the grass.     

Yesterday I lay on the grass.    

I was lying on the grass.     

I have lain on the grass.

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Lie/Lay -- More Examples

The Verb "Lay"

Jerry lays the newspaper carefully by the door.   or The carriers lay the newspaper. . . .

Yesterday Jerry laid the newspaper by the door.

Jerry has laid the newspaper by the door everyday for the past year.  He deserves a generous tip.

Jerry will lay the newspaper by the door.

Jerry is laying the newspaper by the door.

The Verb "Lie"

Right now,  Cindy lies on the beach.  or The girls lie on the beach.

Yesterday Cindy lay on the beach for two hours.

Cindy has lain on the beach for at least an hour everyday for the past two weeks.

Cindy will lie on the beach again tomorrow.

Cindy is lying on the beach.  I wonder if she reads books while she's lying there. 


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Lie/Lay activity

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)
lying

Examples:
As I lie in the grass looking up at the sky, I see a blue dragon flying eastward.

Yesterday as I lay in the grass looking up in the sky, I saw a blue dragon flying eastward.

I will lie in the grass tomorrow, looking for the dragon to fly by again.

I have lain in the grass for three weeks, and haven't seen the blue dragon again.  I have seen only yellow, red, and green dragons. 

I have been lying in the grass so much, my clothes have all turned green. 



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)
laying  

As I lay the blood-encrusted sword under my desk, Mr. Farnsworth walks into the classroom and asks me to come to the office.

The last time I laid my sword under my desk, no one noticed it there.

Next time I fight a battle before school, I will lay my sword in a safe, hidden place.

In the past I have laid my sword under a bush when I saw Mr. Green coming.

I was laying my  sword under the bush when Mr. Dalley stepped up behind me. 

Disclaimer:  Students, do not bring your swords to school, even if you have been in a battle with a dragon that morning.

Learn about tenses at http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/tenses.html#present%20perfect   

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Using the Irregular Verbs Lie and Lay 

The verbs lay and lie:
verb              meaning     forms: 1. present, 2, present participle (with helping verb), 3. past, 4. past participle (with helping verb)
"lay" means "to place"   forms:   1. lay, 2, laying,  3. laid, 4. laid
"lie" means "to recline"  forms: 1. lie, 2. lying, 3. lay, 4. lain

Notes on Lie/Lay Confusions

Lay, laid, laid  = to place   -- Notice that this verb takes a direct object.  That means it is acting on an object.  In the following sentences the object is the book.

Present tense (happening right now):  I __________ the book on my desk. (lay)

Past tense (happened in the past): Yesterday I __________ the book on my desk.  (laid)

Past participle (has happened in the past and may still be happening):

       I have _________ that book on my desk every day for a week.  (laid)

Lie, lay, lain = to recline   -- Notice that this verb does not take a direct object.  It is not doing something to an object. 

Present tense:  I ___________ on the couch right now.   (lie)

Past tense: Yesterday I __________ on the couch.  (lay)

Past participle:  I have ___________ on the couch every day for a week.  (lain)

 

Using the Irregular Verbs Lie and Lay  -- See this post for more information.

 Practice: (If you were absent, copy this, complete it, and hand it in.)
For each of these sentences tell whether the verb past, present, future, or perfect.
Then change the verb to the correct lie or lay verb.

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. 

 

Lie/Lay -- More Examples

The Verb "Lay"

Jerry lays the newspaper carefully by the door.   or The carriers lay the newspaper. . . .

Yesterday Jerry laid the newspaper by the door.

Jerry has laid the newspaper by the door everyday for the past year.  He deserves a generous tip.

Jerry will lay the newspaper by the door.

Jerry is laying the newspaper by the door.

The Verb "Lie"

Right now,  Cindy lies on the beach.  or The girls lie on the beach.

Yesterday Cindy lay on the beach for two hours.

Cindy has lain on the beach for at least an hour everyday for the past two weeks.

Cindy will lie on the beach again tomorrow.

Cindy is lying on the beach.  I wonder if she reads books while she's lying there.  

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Confusing Words : Lie/Lay
Use these forms of the confusing verbs lie and lay correctly in the following sentences:
Lie, lay, lain, lying, lay, laid, laid, laying
You may use your yellow half-sheet with the rules.

1. “My Bonnie ____________(s) over the ocean.
My Bonnie _____________(s) over the sea, . . .”

2. “Now I ________ me down to sleep”

3. Jonas was __________ (use an “ing” word) on the grass,
as he felt the warm sunshine.

4. Father was _________ (use an “ing” word) the newchild into the basket.

5. Yesterday, the Giver _________ his hands on Jonas’ back.

6. I have ________ on the deck by the pool until I was badly sunburned.

7. The bricklayers have __________ five rows of bricks for our new gate.

8. I love to ___________looking up at the stars on a clear summer night.

9. It’s time to ___________ down our weapons and sign a peace agreement.

10. If you’re just going to ________ down on the job, you won’t get paid.  

Lie/lay:   Which is the correct form to use in each of these sentences?  
   " When he revived, he was (laying, lying) in the hot sun in the middle of a garden path. . . "
   "The head was (laying, lying) a little clear of the water jar. . . " 

Notes on Lie/Lay Confusions
Lay, laid, laid = to place -- Notice that this verb takes a direct object. That means it is acting on an object. In the following sentences the object is the book.

Present tense (happening right now): I __________ the book on my desk.
Past tense (happened in the past): Yesterday I __________ the book on my desk.
Past participle (has happened in the past and may still be happening):
I have _________ that book on my desk every day for a week.

Lie, lay, lain = to recline -- Notice that this verb does not take a direct object. It is not doing something to an object.
Present tense: I ___________ on the couch.
Past tense: Yesterday I __________ on the couch.
Past participle: I have ___________ on the couch every day for a week.

Write original, complete sentences, correctly using each of the following forms of lie or lay. Capitalize and punctuate each sentence.
1. lie (present tense, meaning "to recline.")
2. lay (past tense of lie)
3. lain (always goes with a helping verb)
4. lying

5. lay (present tense, meaning "to put or to place")
6. laid (past tense of lay)
7. laid (using a helping verb)
8. laying 

    

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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs -- Huh?

Some verbs take a direct object. (Transitive) They do something to something.

need       “I need money.”

hit          “I hit the ball.”

kick         “I kicked my brother.”

destroy  “The transformer destroyed the city.

kiss        “I kissed Ernestine.”

The verb “lay” takes a direct object. It is transitive.

      “I carefully laid the beef roast inside the bars of the lion’s cage.”

  [The forms of the verb are lay, laid, has been laying, has laid.]

Some verbs do not take a direct object. (Intransitive)  They just do.

looked     “I looked, but didn’t see anything.” 

slept        “I slept all night.”

The verb “lie” does not take a direct object. 

 [The forms of the verb are lie, lay, has been lying, has lain.]

Some verbs can be either transitive or intransitive: shook, felt, read.

 

Illustrations from  http://funny-cats.blogspot.com/2006/03/cat-kiss.html and http://www.myfreewallpapers.net/cartoons/pages/sleeping-snoopy.shtml

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Sequence Internal Text Structure

Example of  Sequence Internal Text Structure

     You are sitting in a restaurant quietly having a meal when suddenly a man nearby starts choking on a piece of food lodged in his throat.  By using the Heimlich maneuver, you may be able to save this person's life.  Your two hands are all you need to perform the lifesaving technique.  First, position yourself behind the choking person.  Then wrap your arms around the person's midsection, being careful not to apply any pressure to the chest or stomach.  Once your arms are around the victim, clench one hand into a fist and cup this fist in the other hand.  Now turn the fist so that the clenched thumb points toward the spot between the choker's navel and midsection (below the ribcage and above the navel).  Finally, thrust inward at this spot using a quick, sharp motion.  If this motion does not dislodge the food, repeat it until the victim can breathe freely.   You may never need to use the Heimlich maneuver, but if the need arises, you and the person you help will be glad you learned it. 

from p. 102,  Fawsett and Sandberg, Evergreen, A Guide to Writing , 5th Edition

Orange indicates the topic sentence.
Blue is for the concluding sentence -- the clincher.
Green indicates cue/clue words for description.

This is an external text feature:  a set of illustrations that show the steps in the Heimlich manuever.  When you use this sort of text feature, you need to read the captions and study the pictures. 

Chronological Internal Text Structure

Examples of Chronological Text Structure:

   Walt Disney might be the only filmmaker who claimed to owe his success to a rodent.   At first, Disney was an animator who produced a cartoon series called "Oswald the Rabbit."  Then he decided to launch out on his own.   Realizing that he needed a new animated character, he remembered a friendly mouse from a studio he had once worked in.  He decided to name his new character after this old friend, whom he fondly called Mortimer Mouse.  Later, he changed the name to Mickey.   After only a few cartoons appeared, Mickey Mouse fever swept the nation.   Soon, he became an international figure.  The French called him "Michel Souris" while the Italians dubbed him "Topolo."  During World War II, "Mickey-Mouse" became a secret password in the Allied Command.  Disney created many other lovable characters, but none achieved the popularity of that cute little mouse with the white gloves. 

from p. 81, Fawsett and Sandberg, Evergreen, A Guide to Writing , 5th Edition

Orange indicates the topic sentence.
Blue is for the concluding sentence -- the clincher.
Green indicates cue/clue words for description.

      Last September, I watched my ten-year-old grandson act like an adult in an emergency.  While cleaning the living room carpet, I tripped and fell over the vacuum cleaner hose.  At first, I was dazed.  Soon I realized that my left arm hurt terribly.  I  called to my grandson Joel, who was the only other person at home.  When Joel saw me on the floor, his face went pale.  Then he calmly took charge of the situation.  He went to the phone and dialed for emergency help.  I heard him give our address, exact details of what had happened, and a description of the position I was lying in.  I could tell that he was carefully listening to the instructions he was given.  Returning to the living room, Joel covered me with a wool blanket and told me that an ambulance was on its way.  He sat by my side in the ambulance and stayed with me while the doctor treated me.  My sprained arm bothered me for only three weeks, but I will always feel proud of what my grandson did on that day.

from p. 79, Fawsett and Sandberg, Evergreen, A Guide to Writing , 5th Edition

Description Internal Text Structure

Describing a person:

    My Aunt Gertrude is a very ugly woman. Shakespeare described a woman with hair like wire, and that fits my aunt whose jet black orb of crinkled hair juts out from her head six inches or more.  She's no Snow White, though her skin is as pale as new-fallen snow, except for the yellow and brown patches here and there.  Her nose is a fat sausage with two warts on the tip.  Her lips are hardly there at all, thin and tight and often opened to make a cutting remark. The gray-green irises of her eyes are surrounded not by white, but by pale yellow spider-webbed with bloodshot-red.  She dresses her thin, angular body in long black silk and lace dresses that look as if they've been gnawed on by rats and wadded up in dirty corners for  decades.  Her shoes are high black laced-up boots with three inch heels.  Yes, my Aunt Gertrude will never win a beauty contest, but she's still my favorite aunt -- and my only aunt.

-- C. Dorsey  4/2/11

Orange indicates the topic sentence.
Blue is for the concluding sentence -- the clincher.
Green indicates cue/clue words for description.


Describing a place:

      On November 27, 1922,  when archaeologist Howard Carter unsealed the door to the ancient Egyptian tomb of King Tut, he stared in amazement at the fantastic objects heaped all around him.  On his left lay the wrecks of at least four golden chariots.  Against the wall on his right sat a gorgeous chest brightly painted with hunting and battle scenes.  Across from him was a gilded throne with cat-shaped legs, arms like winged serpents, and a back showing King Tut and his queen.  Behind the throne rose a tall couch decorated with animal faces that were half hippopotamus and half crocodile.  the couch was loaded with more treasures.  To the right of the couch, two life-sized statues faced each other like guards.  They were black, wore gold skirts and sandals, and had cobras carved on their foreheads.  Between them was a second sealed doorway.  Carter's heart beat loudly.  Would the mummy of King Tut lie beyond it? 

from p. 87, Fawsett and Sandberg, Evergreen, A Guide to Writing , 5th Edition

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  Student groups looked together at the model essays they'd looked at last time.  They tried to determine what made the better essays better. 

Computer Lab for District Post-Test
If you were not here, arrange with me to come in after school to take the test.  Cave Time is not long enough.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  lie or lay? lie and lay practice quiz.doc

Final test on Prefixes and Suffixes

Finish notes on slide show ( internal text structures.ppt ) for --  (A4 still needs to finish notes.)
See examples of 
Descriptive   Description Internal Text Structure
Chronological  Chronological Internal Text Structure
Sequence   Sequence Internal Text Structure

About  Writing a Paragraph or a Multi-paragraph Essay
Mail Idea
Details
Transitions
Conclusions
MA Narrative Models 2011.doc
If you were absent, look through these models to determine which are the best ones, and why they are the best.  What qualities could you  imitate in your writing to improve your scores?