Lie (Present)
• Lie is a verb• Lie is used without object
• Lie means to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground;
recline. • Isn’t that cool?
• I think it is.
Ex. “I lie here every day.”
Lay (Past)
• Lay is a verb
• Lay is used with object
• Lay means to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay
a book on a desk
• Ex. Every afternoon we lay down and rest for an hour.
How to use each word
• The slide you are about to see is confidential and is not to be shown to anyone but you… Just
kidding. Here are the rules.• You will see 6 words each one will either use the
word lie or lay it is your job to pick which one it uses. Write it down on a piece of paper and wait
for the next slide to come on. • The people with the highest points get candy.
Your Words
• 1.)I’m dizzy I need to__ down.• 2.)Yesterday I needed to___ down.
• 3.)As I walk past, I ___ the tools on the workbench. • 4.)The doctors had to___ the patient down.
• 5.)The baby was tired and needed to __ down• 6.)It was time to ___ down and take a nap.
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