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First Grammar Lesson (Aim High)

Stative verbs describe states and are typically used in simple forms rather than continuous forms. Examples include verbs related to senses and emotions, such as feel, believe, and know. When some stative verbs are used in continuous forms, they can convey different meanings, often indicating an activity rather than a state.

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First Grammar Lesson (Aim High)

Stative verbs describe states and are typically used in simple forms rather than continuous forms. Examples include verbs related to senses and emotions, such as feel, believe, and know. When some stative verbs are used in continuous forms, they can convey different meanings, often indicating an activity rather than a state.

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Stative Verbs :

* Stative verbs are usually used in the simple not the continuous forms
* Stative verbs are verbs that describe states . These include verbs related to the
senses [ feel – hear – see – smell – sound – taste ]
and other verbs such as [ believe – love – cost – hate – hear – like – know – matter – belong –
prefer – realize – understand – want – think – look – seem – possess – forget ]
* Other examples of stative verbs :
be, appear, astonish, concern, imagine, consist, deny, doubt, disagree, deserve, dislike, fit,
impress, include, involve, lack, mean, need, owe, own, please, promise, realize,
recognize, remember, suppose, surprise, wish .

 If some of these verbs are found in the continuous form , they have
different meaning and they don’t describe state .
Examples:
1- This cloth feels soft . ( sense )
Are you feeling well ? ( emotion )

2- She has two sisters . ( ownership )


She is having a shower. (activity )

3- I imagine / believe she will come early. ( suppose)


I’m imagining what I would in the party. ( thinking )

4- I think she will be a doctor. ( belief )


l’m thinking of spending the holiday on the beach. ( plan )

5- You look tired . ( appearance)


I’m looking at the words. ( activity )

6- I can see the bird in the tree. ( sense)


I’m seeing the doctor tomorrow. ( meeting )

7- The cake smells / tastes delicious. (sense )


I’m smelling / tasting the soup. It’s awful. ( activity )

8- He weighs 70 kg. ( state)


He is weighing the apples. ( activity)

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