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Non-Continuous Verbs

The group of Non-Continuous Verbs contains those verbs which are rarely or never used in
continuous tenses.

For example, let's the verb [1] hate. We can not say:

 I'm hating you.

But we can say:

 I hate you. 

Anyway, the Non-Continuous Verbs can be divided into several categories.

Mental and Communication Abstract SenseVerbs Possession


Emotional Verbs Verbs Verbs
 appear
Verbs  hear
 agree  be  to possess
 see
 astonish  want  to own
 believe  seem
 deny  cost  to belong
 dislike  smell
 disagree  seem
 doubt  sound
 impress  need  
 imagine  taste
 mean  care
 know
 please  contain
 like  
 promise  owe
 love
 satisfy  exist
 hate
 surprise
 prefer
 
 realize
 
 recognize
 remember
 suppose
 understand
 want
 wish

I know: the list is long. But don't worry—you do not have to know all these verbs by heart!
The best way to avoid mistakes is to read as much as you can in English. After a while, it will
become easy for you to tell whether a given verb takes continuous form or not.

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