NIMCET 2025 — English PYQNIMCET | English | 2025Which of the following sentences uses the correct form of the very "to lay"? Choose the correct answer:A. She lays on the bed every night.B. She is laying down for a nap.C. She has lain the keys on the counter.D. She laid the book on the table. (Correct Answer)Correct Answer: She laid the book on the table.Explanation a) She lays on the bed every night. Incorrect → should be She lies (because here no object; she is reclining). (b) She is laying down for a nap. Incorrect → should be lying down (no object; she reclines). (c) She has lain the keys on the counter. Incorrect → lain is the past participle of lie, not of lay. (d) She laid the book on the table. Correct → “laid” is the past tense of lay (to put something down). Correct answer: (d) She laid the book on the table.
