Question

"Tom lay thinking"- this sentence is in which tense?

Answer 1

present continuous tense

Answer 2

Tom lay thinking is in 'present continuous tense'.

Explanation:

In the given sentence, ‘Tom lay thinking’, the tense signified is in the present continuous. The subject is ‘Tom’. He is lying somewhere and thinking. That implies that the action is being done right at the moment and is continuing now also. It is going on at present.

Therefore the tense here used is the present continuous tense. The main verb lay is in the simple present form and thinking which is the compound verb in the continuous tense.