English verb lay off [leɪ ɒf].
Relate to:
phrasal verb.
3 forms of verb lay off: Infinitive (lay off), Past Simple - (laid off), Past Participle - (laid off).
Forms of verb lay off in past tenses
👉 Forms of verb lay off in future and past simple and past participle.
❓ What is the past tense of lay off.
Three forms of verb lay off
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
---|---|---|
lay off [leɪ ɒf] |
laid off [leɪd ɒf] |
laid off [leɪd ɒf] |
What is 2nd and 3rd form of lay off?
🎓 Base Form (Infinitive) lay off in Past Simple, Future Simple, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect?
- First form (V1) - lay off. (Present simple, Future Simple)
- Second form (V2) - laid off. (Past simple)
- Third form (V3) - laid off. (Present perfect, Past perfect)
What are the past tense and past participle of lay off?
The past tense of lay off is: lay off in past simple is laid off. and past participle is laid off.
What is the past tense of lay off?
The past tense of lay off is laid off.
The past participle of lay off is laid off.
Verb Tenses
Past simple — lay off in past simple laid off.
(V2)
Future simple — lay off in future simple lay off. (will + V1)
Present Perfect — lay off in present perfect tense
laid off.
(have\has + V3)
Past Perfect — lay off in past perfect tense
laid off.
(had + V3)
lay off regular or irregular verb?
👉 Is lay off an irregular verb?? lay off is .
Examples of Verb lay off in Sentences
- Well, you need to lay off the chocolates if you want to lose weight (Present Simple)
- They laid off a lot of people (Past Simple)
- We knew they were going to lay a lot of people off (Past Simple)
- The automobile factory laid five hundred people off from work (Past Simple)
- Lay off the booze for a while (Present Simple)
- The company had to lay off two dozen workers (Past Simple)
- They had to lay the clerk off for stealing mail (Past Simple)
- I'm going to have to lay off the cigarettes (Present Simple)