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Choose the grammatically CORRECT sentence:

  1. He laid in bed till $8$ o’clock in the morning.
  2. He layed in bed till $8$ o’clock in the morning.
  3. He lain in bed till $8$ o’clock in the morning.
  4. He lay in bed till $8$ o’clock in the morning.
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Answer should be "D"

$$\overset{\textbf{Lay vs Lie Chart}}{\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Infinitive} & \textbf{Definition} & \textbf{Present} & \textbf{Past} & \textbf{Past }& \textbf{Present}
\\&&&&\textbf{Participle} & \textbf{Participle} \\\hline \text{to lay} & \text{to put or place}\\&\text{something down} & \text{lay(s)} & \text{laid} & \text{laid} & \text{laying}  \\\hline \text{to lie} & \text{to rest or recline} & \text{lie(s)} & \text{lay} & \text{lain} & \text{lying} \\\hline \end{array}}$$

Lay means to put or set something down,

Lie, on the other hand, is defined as, “to be, to stay or to assume rest in a horizontal position

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Lay and lie are both present-tense verbs.
$Lay$ means to put or set something down, e.g. I lay down the book

$Lie$, on the other hand, is defined as, “to be, to stay or to assume rest in a horizontal position,
e.g. I lie down to sleep or When I pick up a copy of my favorite magazine

In this question "the morning" is used, so, they are talking about a specific morning so this sentence is not talking about the habit.
lay is second form of lie,
Correct option is (D).

PS: Sentence in Hindi means, "vah aaj 8 baje tak bed me tha".

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it sentence shows habitual action that's why the answer should be D. He lay in bed till 8 o’clock in the morning.  

correct me if i wrong.

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(A) He laid in bed till 8'o clock in the morning.
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