Lie vs Lay

Contestant Number 1!

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.”

Contestant Number 2!

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.

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.

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.

ANSWERS!

• 1.) Lie

• 2.) Lay

• 3.) Lay

• 4.) Lay

• 5.) Lie

• 6.) Lie

For the Winners…Heres your candy…

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