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Akhand Tripathi

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· 1 Months ago

no improvement is a possibilty here (Question: 190819.1 )

I checked in google:
What is the past tense of to lie down?

Because lain is an unfamiliar verb form and because it sounds very similar to the past participle of to lay, which is laid, folks often use "laid" as the past participle for both verbs. ... The present tense form of the verb to lie is lie. The only time we can use lay to mean “to recline” is in the past tense.

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DIRECTIONS: A sentence/ a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B), (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. 
Poor Tom laid in the shade of a tree before he could not walk further. 
Options:
A) No Improvement
B) lie   
C) lain  
D) lay 
Solution:
Ans: (d) 'lay' should come in place of the underlined part. 'Lay' is the past tense for 'Lie' which means to be or place oneself at rest in a flat, horizontal position'. 'Lain' is the past participle form of lie. 'Laid' is the past form of 'Lay' which means to produce. 

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· 1 Months ago

to lie means- to rest or recline whose 2nd form is 'lay', but to lay means- to put something down whose 2nd form is 'laid'. Use the simple past forms when you mean action is completed in the past . here the action is completed in the past that's why 2nd form of 'to lie' will be used i.e 'lay'. Thus D is correct.
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