English 104
Extra Credit (1/2 point for each sentence)
Due Monday, 10/19
Base Form (infinitive)
to lie (down) (intransitive—doesn’t take an object: Think of lying down or lying on
a bed.)
to lay (transitive—takes an object: Think of chickens laying an egg, or of you
laying a book on a table)
Name:
Past
Tense
lay
Past
Participle
lain
Present
Participle
lying
laid
laid
laying
Hint: You might review chapter 4, “Verbs,” particularly the parts about verb aspect on pages 69-71.
Also review the chart above very carefully. You can also look up online examples or discussions of
these words.
A In sentences 1-3, use the verb lie as in “to rest or recline in a horizontal position along some
supporting surface.” Do not use lie as in “to tell an untruth.” Using the intransitive verb to lie (as in to lie
down) as the main verb of the sentence (the predicate), compose three sentences as follows. Be sure to
use time cues (words and phrases like right now, today, yesterday, last year, many times) and place cues
(on the bed, in the meadow) to show that you understand how to use this word in these tenses.
1. To lie, present tense.
2. To lie, simple past tense:
3. To lie, present tense, perfect aspect:
B Using the transitive verb to lay (as in to lay the coat on the chair) as the main verb of the sentence
(the predicate), compose three sentences as follows. Be sure to use time and place cues, as above, to help
make it clear that you understand how to use these tenses and aspects.
4. To lay, simple past tense:
5. To lay, present tense, perfect aspect
6. to lay, past tense, perfect progressive aspects. (In the same verb. For example, the present perfect
progressive of to run would be has been running, and the past perfect progressive would be had
been running.)