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Stative Verbs _______________

Stative verbs describe a _____ rather than an ______. They aren’t usually used in the ___________ form.

Stative verbs often relate to:


_______ & __________ ______ & _______ ________ & __________ _________ & ________

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Which verbs can be used with the following nouns? Pick one verb per noun.

TV, the news, a movie


A language course, the bus
Two cousins, a big family
Homework, your job
An academic journal, the news
On vacation / holidays, to the lake
The guitar, sports
English, Spanish, German, French
Music, Spotify
Havana, Cuba

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Questions are formulated by putting the _____ before the _______. This is known as _______ (reversal of the normal order of words).

Write the corresponding question form in the right column:

Affirmative Question
We have talked before.
He is resting.
I can do it.
She is early.

If there is a question word (why, what, where, how, when), it goes before the verb.
Write the corresponding question form in the right column:

Question Question with question word


Am I early?
Was he in class?
Can I help?
Is he resting?
Have we met before?

When formulating questions in the present simple, add the auxiliary verb _____ / ________.
Write the corresponding question forms in the middle and right column:

Affirmative Question Question with question


word
You work from home.
It weighs 10 kilos.

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When formulating questions in the past simple, add the auxiliary verb _____.
Write the corresponding question forms in the middle and right column:

Affirmative Question Question with question


word
They went home.
She went to a concert.

In some questions, who or what is the subject of the verb. In this case, ____________________________.

Reformulate the following two questions:

1. (my glasses / broke / who)?

2. (on / is / your hands / what)?

Write the following questions in the right tense. You may need to add or remove prepositions.

1. The king sent him a letter.

___________________________.

2. He went to the hill.

___________________________.

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3. They cut the grass.

___________________________.

4. He always gives Harry nice presents.

___________________________.

5. The guests damaged the apartment.

___________________________.

6. The twins watched the movie yesterday.

___________________________.

7. They went home because they were tired.

___________________________.

8. We call Mary every weekend.


___________________________.

9. He lives in Madrid.

___________________________.

10. He took the umbrella because it was raining.

___________________________.

11. The students put their books in their backpacks.

___________________________.

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12. She wore black jeans last Tuesday.

___________________________.

13. Tina lives in a small village in Wales.

___________________________.

14. They climbed 1860 steps to get to the top.

___________________________.

15. We took the elevator.

___________________________.

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