Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
When the beggar was tired he ..... down by the roadside
lied
laid
layed
lay
lain
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Let me help you guys understand this is the simplest way. Lay and laid both mean to set something down, while lie, lay and lain all mean the subject is setting itself down. So the answer is lay because the Subject in the sentence (being the beggar) is setting himself down by the road side. If the beggar was setting let's say a bottle of water down, it would have been, "when the beggar was tired, he laid down the bottle of water" I hope this helps!
In the past tense, “lay” becomes “laid” (Last week I laid down the law and told her it was inappropriate for her to pick her nose) and “lie” becomes “lay” (Yesterday she lay down for a nap that afternoon and picked her nose anyway). Yes, “lay” is also the past tense of “lie.” And the confusion doesn’t end there.
To throw you for another loop, “laid” is also the past participle form of “lay.” So, when helping verbs are involved, “lay” becomes “laid” and “lie” becomes “lain.” Grandma had laid the chicken in the oven earlier this morning. The chicken had lain there all day until it was cooked all the way through and ready for us to eat.
Remember: Lay and laid both mean to set something down, while lie, lay and lain all mean the subject is setting itself down.
D answer is B...laid...which means to relaxe onself......because lay is present tense and the word tired made d sentence a past tense..
The answer to that question should be laid which is (b) because tired is the past tense of tire and thereby the following words to be used should be in past tense making laid the correct answer and the answer that was chosen was lay.
You guys wrote the past tense of lay to be laid .........but the answer you guys gave to the question is saying the opposite........What the f**k???
