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to lie (down)
I lie down. I lay down. I have lain down
You lie down. You lay down. You have lain down
He lies down. He lay down. He has lain down
We lie down. We lay down. We have lain down
They lie down. They lay down. They have lain down
I am lying down. I was lying down. I have been lying down
You are lying down. You were lying down. You have been lying down
There he is (was), lying on the rock.
to lay (something down)
I lay the book down.
You lay the book down.
He lays the book down.
We lay the book down.
They lay the book down.
I am laying books down.
You are laying books down.
I laid the book down.
You laid the book down.
He laid the book down.
We laid the book down.
They laid the book down.
I was laying books down.
You were laying books down.
I have laid the book down.
You have laid the book down.
He has laid the book down.
We have laid the book down.
They have laid the book down.
I have been laying the books down.
You have been laying books down.
There you are, laying books down.
1. After dinner, Charles __________ on the floor.
2. We found him __________ pieces of bananas on a plate.
3. Sophie was _________ her thumb on the side of her nose.
4. Six pizzas _________ on the table. (present tense)
5. Now I _______ a basket in her lap.
6. The seal was __________ in the sun.
7. The seal was __________ dead fish in the sun.
8. There's no use ____________ the blame on Harriet.
9. Harriet was __________ anchovies on the pizza and rubbing her hair, that
was
__________ flat on the side of her head.
10. Tom _________ five pizzas on the table and scratched his ear.
Answers to previous exercise:
1. lay; 2. laying; 3. laying; 4. lie; 5. lay; 6. lying; 7. laying; 8. laying; 9. laying
lying; 10. laid.