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    1) Stative verbs are often used to describe thinking, opinions, feelings and emotions. They are not used in a continuous tense like "I'm knowing" but rather "I don't know." 2) Common stative verbs include think, believe, like, hate, want, prefer, remember, and doubt. 3) While "enjoy" describes an emotion, it can be used in a continuous tense like "I'm enjoying the party." In contrast, other stative verbs like "smell" are not used in a continuous form and would be "He smells of fish" not "He's smelling the fish."

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    1) Stative verbs are often used to describe thinking, opinions, feelings and emotions. They are not used in a continuous tense like "I'm knowing" but rather "I don't know." 2) Common stative verbs include think, believe, like, hate, want, prefer, remember, and doubt. 3) While "enjoy" describes an emotion, it can be used in a continuous tense like "I'm enjoying the party." In contrast, other stative verbs like "smell" are not used in a continuous form and would be "He smells of fish" not "He's smelling the fish."

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    1) Stative verbs are often used to describe thinking, opinions, feelings and emotions. They are not used in a continuous tense like "I'm knowing" but rather "I don't know." 2) Common stative verbs include think, believe, like, hate, want, prefer, remember, and doubt. 3) While "enjoy" describes an emotion, it can be used in a continuous tense like "I'm enjoying the party." In contrast, other stative verbs like "smell" are not used in a continuous form and would be "He smells of fish" not "He's smelling the fish."

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    Grammar

     State Verbs

    1. Stative verbs are often verbs connected with thinking and opinions.

    o She doesn’t know what to do


     Not She isn’t knowing what to do
    o Do you agree with me?
    o I don’t recognise it, do you?
    o Also the verbs as: believe, doubt, guess, imagine, mean, remember, think

    2. Other stative verbs are connected with feelings and emotions


    a. I like this song. Who sings it? NOT I’m liking this song
    b. What do you want to do now?
    c. I hate my new boss!
    3. Other stative verbs in this group include: dislike, love, prefer. want, wish

    o Important! Although ‘enjoy’ is a verb an emotion, it is used in the


    continuous tense
     I’m enjoying the party.

    4. Stative verbs describe things that are not actions.

    o He smells of fish.
    o He’s smelling the fish.

     Present Perfect Continuous

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