Lie

To say something which is not true.

I lied to my mother, I didn't go to school today.

Who likes when people lie to them?

I had a classmate who said his father was a rich manager and they had a shop. It turned out that they had sold the shop long ago and his father in fact is a factory worker. He lied to us.

• Do you often lie? Sometimes? Never?
• When was the last time when someone lied to you?
• Are you lying now?

Use in present continuous: lying.

I am not lying. He was lying.