Alexandra, you have confused the passive voice for the past tense.
Yousa, you have confused the past participle.
Victoria, you have confused the past tense of the intransitive "lie" with the transitive "lay".
Admittedly, this is a rather picky grammatical rule that ignores how many people actually speak.
The past tense of "lie" is "lay." The past tense of "lay" is "laid."
So, yesterday, you lay down and fell asleep.
To remember this, think of the old prayer ("Now I lay me down to sleep..."). Lay is transitive, so the object ("me") has been added. Otherwise it would have to be something like "Now I lie down to sleep".
6 comments:
1. This goose can lay a golden egg!
2. A golden egg will be laid by the goose.
active:
Lay down your sword!
passive:
He laid down his sword.
OR
He lay down to sleep late last night. ('Lay' as past tense of 'lie')
1) After a long day at work, I laid down and fell asleep.
2) The rules were laid down to discipline a group of misbehaving children.
Active
My sister laid her books on the table.
Pasive
My sister books were lay on the table by her.
Good answer, Sarah.
Alexandra, you have confused the passive voice for the past tense.
Yousa, you have confused the past participle.
Victoria, you have confused the past tense of the intransitive "lie" with the transitive "lay".
Admittedly, this is a rather picky grammatical rule that ignores how many people actually speak.
The past tense of "lie" is "lay." The past tense of "lay" is "laid."
So, yesterday, you lay down and fell asleep.
To remember this, think of the old prayer ("Now I lay me down to sleep..."). Lay is transitive, so the object ("me") has been added. Otherwise it would have to be something like "Now I lie down to sleep".
Here's a link that might help:
http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/lay-vs-lie
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