Is it Lay Down or Lie Down? (Lie, Lay, or Laid?)
To lay down is transitive and uses a sentence object (receiver of an action). To lie down is to be in a horizontal position, and is intransitive.
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What’s the past tense of sleep? Or wake, ride, bite, write and draw? Each verb has its corresponding present, past and future tenses (altogether, there are 12 tenses in English).
If you need clarification on the tenses and the various verb forms, look no further. But make no mistake: verb tenses in English are confusing. Listen closely, and you’ll hear how they’re constantly confused. That said, understanding the correct conjugations of different tenses, and what the different tenses mean is integral to understanding the structure of language as a whole.
There are 4 past tenses (the simple past, the past continuous, the past perfect and the past perfect continuous tense).
What’s the Past Tense of Lead?
The past tense of the transitive verb ‘to lead’, is ‘led’ (rhymed with fed).
Is it Cancelled or Canceled?
Is cancelled one L or two? Does it have something to do with which side of the pond you’re from? You guessed it.
What’s the Past Tense of Spread? (Spread? Spreaded?)
Is it spread, spreaded, or sprung …? If you guessed, ‘sprung’, you need to flex your grammar muscles more often.
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