Lie vs Lay

1. LievsLay

2. Contestant Number 1!

3. 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.”

4. Contestant Number 2!

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. ANSWERS! • 1.) Lie • 2.) Lay • 3.) Lay • 4.) Lay • 5.) Lie • 6.) Lie

9. Heres yourcandy… FortheWinners…

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