Conjugation of the verb lie in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb lie in English.
Conjugation of the verb lie in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I lie
- you lie
- he|she|it lies
- we lie
- you lie
- they lie
Present Continuous
- I am lying
- you are lying
- he|she|it is lying
- we are lying
- you are lying
- they are lying
Present Perfect
- I have lain/lied
- you have lain/lied
- he|she|it has lain/lied
- we have lain/lied
- you have lain/lied
- they have lain/lied
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been lying
- you have been lying
- he|she|it has been lying
- we have been lying
- you have been lying
- they have been lying
How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.
Conjugation of the verb lie in the past tenses
Simple past
- I lay/lied
- you lay/lied
- he|she|it lay/lied
- we lay/lied
- you lay/lied
- they lay/lied
Past continuous
- I was lying
- you were lying
- he|she|it was lying
- we were lying
- you were lying
- they were lying
Past perfect
- I had lain/lied
- you had lain/lied
- he|she|it had lain/lied
- we had lain/lied
- you had lain/lied
- they had lain/lied
Past perfect continuous
- I had been lying
- you had been lying
- he|she|it had been lying
- we had been lying
- you had been lying
- they had been lying
How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.
Conjugation of the verb lie in the futur tenses
Future
- I will lie
- you will lie
- he|she|it will lie
- we will lie
- you will lie
- they will lie
Future continuous
- I will be lying
- you will be lying
- he|she|it will be lying
- we will be lying
- you will be lying
- they will be lying
Future perfect
- I will have lain/lied
- you will have lain/lied
- he|she|it will have lain/lied
- we will have lain/lied
- you will have lain/lied
- they will have lain/lied
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been lying
- you will have been lying
- he|she|it will have been lying
- we will have been lying
- you will have been lying
- they will have been lying
How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.
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