What is the correct answer
I ____ on the couch last night.
A. lie
B. lay
C. laid
D. lain
Did you study that chart I linked for you yesterday?
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/notorious/lay.htm
It needs to be the past tense of the verb that means to recline!
Thank you, so it should be B. Lay
Yes, that's right!
The correct answer is "I lay on the couch last night." To determine the correct option, we need to understand the difference between the verbs "lie" and "lay" and their various tenses.
The verb "lie" means to recline or rest in a horizontal position, while "lay" means to put or place something down.
In this sentence, we are talking about the action of lying down on the couch, so we need to use the past tense of "lay."
To determine the correct form, we can use the following table:
Present tense: lie (I lie on the couch every day.)
Past tense: lay (I laid on the couch last night.)
Past participle: lain (I have lain on the couch for hours.)
From the given options, "laid" (option C) is the correct past tense form of "lay," so the correct answer is "I laid on the couch last night."