The Storm on the Sea

[Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life.  Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.”

Hello, my name is Miss Barb!  Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English.

You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com.

Today I want to teach you teach you several words.

The first word is “lie”.  “To lie” means to say something that is not true.  The boy lied to his mother.  He told her that he had not taken any cookies.  The past tense of “lie” is “lied”.  The politician lied to the television reporter.  But “lie” can also mean “to be in a flat position on a surface” (like a bed or the ground).  I usually lie on my side when I am in bed.  The phone is lying on the table.  The past tense of this “lie” is “lay”.  The snow lay on the ground until April this year.

“Lay” is also a present tense verb in English.  This “lay” means “to place”.  For example, we lay clean plates on the table before we eat.  He is laying your clothes on your bed.  I laid your wallet on your chair last night.