Seventh Class

Subido por: Jose Luis Contreras . ingles clavero

Stative Verbs

Some verbs are not usually used in their continuous form for example in present continuous, past continuous, etc. These are called Stative verbs.

The most common Stative Verbs are:

Some verbs are stative with one meaning and not stative with another meaning see below:

verb	stative meaning/use	non-stative meaning/use
be	use for states rather than actions e.g. It is three o'clock	use for temporary behaviour and action at the present time e.g. You are being* lazy*
have	posses, own; experience an emotion, sensation, state, etc e.g. I have pink hair at the moment	use for action e.g. I'm having a bath at the moment.
fell	have an opinion, believe e.g. I feel* that we get too much homework*	touch; experience an emotion, sensation, etc e.g. I'm felling* a bit ill at the moment.*
think	have an opinion, believe e.g. What do you think* about our new teacher?*	consider; use your brain e.g. What are* you thinking about at the moment?*

use for states rather than actions

e.g. It is three o'clock

use for temporary behaviour and action at the present time

e.g. You are being lazy

have

posses, own; experience an emotion, sensation, state, etc

e.g. I have pink hair at the moment

use for action

e.g. I'm having a bath at the moment.

fell

have an opinion, believe

e.g. I feel that we get too much homework

touch; experience an emotion, sensation, etc

e.g. I'm felling a bit ill at the moment.

think

have an opinion, believe

e.g. What do you think about our new teacher?

consider; use your brain

e.g. What are you thinking about at the moment?

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