http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLieLaid/djdz/post.htm#17625Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:29:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:17625Sharon McEwan0http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLieLaid/djdz/post.htm#17625http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-17625.xmlDear Pemmican, You clarified my question and my answer. Thank you very much and Happy New Year!http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLieLaid/djdz/post.htm#17556Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:29:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:17556Pemmican1http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLieLaid/djdz/post.htm#17556http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-17556.xmlOk, here we go: Actually, you have two different verbs here: 1) to lie ("to lie "), past tense: lay, past participle: lain, present participle: lying 2) to lay ("to make sth. lie"), past tense & past perfect: laid, present participle: laying The difference is NOT that someone is "doing the laying down" vs. " putting something down" but: 1) someone or something is lying down (by itself) - eg: I'm lying in bed 2) someone lays something down (in order to make it lie) - eg: I'm laying the pencil on the table (The result is that the pencil then will be lying (NOT laying) on the table) According to this, the forms are: 1) I lie (in bed) - I lay (in bed) - I've lain (in bed) - I was lying (in bed) - I'll lie (in bed) - I'll be...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLieLaid/djdz/post.htmSun, 24 May 2009 14:29:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:17396Guest2http://www.englishforums.com/English/LayLieLaid/djdz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-17396.xmlSo that I may be a better home schooling parent for my teenage daughter, please confirm or correct the following for me. Thank you so much! Person who is doing the lying down: I lay, I was lying; I lie, I am lying; I will lie, I will be lying You lay, you were lying; you lie, you are lying; you will lie, you will be lying He/she lay, she was lying; she lies, she is lying; she will lie, she will be lying This was where I felt confused: Talking about putting something down: I laid it downyesterday, I was laying it down; I lay it down today, I am laying it down; I will lay it down, I will be laying it down. You laid it down, you were laying it down; you lay it down (now), you are laying it down; ...