Nhng ng t biu hin trng thi (stative or state verbs) m t trng thi (nhng

s vic m khng thay i mt cch d dng, v d, ci bn tin tng vo, suy ngh
v hoc s hu what you believe, think or own) hn l mt hnh ng (nhy, ni
chuyn hoc mua bn jump, talk or buy).
Nhng ng t trn thng khng c s dng dng tip din (the continuous
form ing).

Nhng ng t biu hin trng thi c th c phn loi nh sau:

1. ng t v cm xc (Verbs of emotion)

- care (quan tm)

- feel (cm thy)
- hate (ght)
- like (yu thch)
- loathe (gh tm)
- love (yu thng)
- need (cn)
- prefer (thch hn)
- want (mun)

2. ng t ni v vic s hu (Verbs of ownership):

- own (l ch)
- have (c)
- possess (s hu)

3. ng t ca nhng gic quan (Verbs of the senses) thng c s dng vi

ng t can:

- hear (nghe)
- see (nhn)
- smell (ngi)
- taste (nm th) touch (tip xc)

4. Nhng ng t khc:

- contain (cha ng)

- depend (ph thuc)
- matter (c ngha)

5. Mt s ng t biu hin trng thi c th c s dng trong hnh thc tip din
nhng ngha ca n s thay i.

V d:

To think Suy ngh:

- Do you think so? (Stative Is that your opinion? Is that the state of your belief?)
Bn cng suy ngh nh vy phi khng? (Trng thi l quan im ca bn phi
khng? l s tin tng ca bn phi khng?)

- Hes thinking about his friends in Poland (Dynamic The action of thinking. His
friends are in his thoughts, in his mind right now but he might be thinking of
something else soon).

Anh ta ang nh v bn b ti Ba Lan (Thay i Hnh ng nh v. Bn b ang

trong tm tr, suy ngh ca anh ta lc ny nhng anh ta c th nh v nhng vic
khc sau ).

To have C, s hu

- He has got brown eyes (Stative He possesses brown eyes. The colour is unlikely
to change).

Anh ta c i mt mu nu (Trng thi Anh ta s hu mt i mt mu nu. Mu

sc ny kh m thay i)

- Hes having a pint of beer (Dynamic The action of drinking. He might be drinking
something else soon).

Anh ta ang ung mt vi bia (Thay i Hnh ng ung. Anh ta c th ung th

khc sau ).

To see Nhn, hiu

- I dont see what you mean. (Stative I dont understand what you mean).

Ti khng hiu ci bn ni. (Trng thi Ti khng hiu ci bn cp n).

- She is seeing him next week. (Dynamic She is meeting him).

C ta s gp anh ta vo tun ti. (Thay i C ta s gp anh ta).