I have a quick question. What is the correct way to write the word "lays" in past tense?
For example, He went into the room and laid/lay/lied down on his bed.
Which is the correct way to write it? Or is it none of them? If you could let me know, that'd be great!
2007-08-13 12:17:01 · 12 answers · asked by Dani Marie 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
he went into his room and laid down on his bed. it doenst mean it will work for all of the sentences. theres more of 1 past tense you know. theres simple past, past proggresive, present perfect simple, and the list goes on.
2007-08-13 12:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by Benito S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The correct way to write it out is
ex: He went into the room, and laid down on his bed.
2007-08-13 17:21:21 · answer #2 · answered by Dealz © 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about a person making himself horizontal without having sex, then the word "lays" is not the correct word. The correct word is lie or lies in the present tense and lied in the past tense.
If you are using "lay" to mean "have sex with" or to mean putting something else (generally not oneself, except in the special case of the poem line "now I lay me down to sleep") down, to laying in wait, or certain other meanings, then laid is the past tense.
2007-08-13 12:36:39 · answer #3 · answered by StephenWeinstein 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He went into the room and LAID down on his bed. I am pretty sure this is correct.
Hope this is of some help.
2007-08-13 12:22:59 · answer #4 · answered by Su-Nami 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He went into the room and laid/lay/lied down on his bed.
He went into the room and lied down on his bed.
Laid = Placing an object somewhere
Lay = Placing an object again.
Lied = Human placing his or herself on something.
2007-08-13 12:21:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Present : He is going to lay down on his bed.
Past : He went in and laid down on his bed.
activities.macmillanmh.com/reading/treasures/html/56_Troublesome_word_pairs.pdf -
2007-08-13 12:21:27 · answer #6 · answered by NinaFromNewEngland 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah this always confuses me too..
Lie means to lie down. (I want to lie down on the couch.) The past tense of lie is lay.
Lay means to lay something down. (Please lay the eggs on the table gently.) The past tense of lay is laid.
There's more about it on this website... http://web.ku.edu/~edit/lie.html
Therefore, the answer to your question is: The corecct way to say it is "He went into the room and lay down on his bed."
Hope i could help!
2007-08-13 12:25:41 · answer #7 · answered by inflight_static 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He laid down on the bed.
Come lie down by me.
Get a dictionary/thesaurus.
2007-08-13 12:21:47 · answer #8 · answered by dvanessam 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
he laid down on his bed
thats the one that sounds most right...
2007-08-13 12:22:25 · answer #9 · answered by beautiful~brunette 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
laid
2007-08-13 12:24:42 · answer #10 · answered by Exipnei 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋