[易混淆單字群] lie 與 lay 的多重角色
[易混淆單字群] 有其中一個令同學困惑的就是 lie 與 lay 的多重身分和動詞三態變化, 常讓人摸不著頭緒啊!
# 先來看看清楚的表格
LIE & LAY
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lie / lay
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examples
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lie
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The
baby lies in bed sweetly.
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lay
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I lay
on the couch at my best friend’s house last night.
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lain
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Helen
has
lain in bed for 2 days, she’s really ill.
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lying
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My
dog is now lying in her bed.
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lie
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Don’t
lie
to your parents.
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lied
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He lied
to his girlfriend so many times, so his girlfriend broke up with him.
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lied
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Mark
has
lied to his customers on business for several weeks.
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lying
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He
is
lying!
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lay
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Thomas
lays
hundreds of his Nike shoes in the attic.
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laid
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I laid
those eggs in the fridge.
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laid
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The
keys have been laid on the table by my big brother.
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laying
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The
waiter is laying the plates down tidily on tables.
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lie 本身具有兩個意思 : (1) 不及物動詞 : 躺下/放 (2) 說謊
比較容易混淆的是第一個意思和另一個及物動詞 LAY
從圖表例句看來, 兩個都具有相同的中文釋義, 但用法略有不同, 動詞三態變化也不一樣
剛剛說明,
lie (不及物動詞) 其實意思是: 具有自主意識的躺下 , but "lay" 比較像是 某個人把什麼東西放
下或擺放在什麼地方的意思.
從上句例句來看:
The baby lies in bed sweetly. 小嬰兒香甜地躺在床上 (lie後面不再接任何的受詞(object))
再多舉一個例子 : My cat lies on my dad's desk. 我的貓躺在爸爸的書桌上(看出來了嗎? 他表達
的比較是一種躺下的狀態)
但是lay就不一樣囉! lay 是及物動詞(active verb) 他通常要表達的是lay "something" on "a place"
舉上述的例子做個變化
My cat lays the baby on Dad's desk. 我的貓把小嬰兒放在爸爸的書桌上
受詞是 : the baby
意思分的清楚, 做起題目來就不容易被混淆囉!
Practice:
1. The dog has been ____________ on the back porch all afternoon.
(a) laying (b)lying (c) laid
2. The old tugboat has ________ on its side since last winter's storm.
(a) lain (b) laid (c) lien
3. Choose the correct answer:
(a) I feel dizzy and need to lay down
(b) I feel dizzy and need to lie down
4. She ______ the dinner on the table before she left.
(a) laid (b) lied (c) lay
5. Have you _____ the table yet?
(a) lain (b) laid (c) lied
答案明天公布唷!
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