F3 - 1.2 - Action and state verbs

Focus 3 unit 1.2
  • Action verbs            vs           State verbs 



Lesson goal: at the end of the lesson you will be able to:
- distinguish between state and action verbs and 
- complete sentences in the correct tense using the state & action verbs
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Focus 3 unit 1.2
  • Action verbs            vs           State verbs 



Lesson goal: at the end of the lesson you will be able to:
- distinguish between state and action verbs and 
- complete sentences in the correct tense using the state & action verbs

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Verbs are divided into 3 types
Action > dynamic: 
  • jump 
  • eat
  • cry 

all tenses:
> simple
> continuous
> perfect
both 
  • think 
  • have
  • feel
  • look


State > condition
  • know
  • understand
  • believe 

NOT continuous
> I know
I knew
> I have known 
> I had known

X I am knowing

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State verbs 
- not action / active 
- (rule!) cannot use 'to be' with stative verbs

  • Feelings / emotions: love, hate, like
  • Senses: hear, see, feel, smell, sound (tricky!)
  • Thinking: forget, remember, be, know, understand, imagine
  • Belongings: own, have, belong


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state verbs

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Special cases: sense verbs
Can be used as both a state verb and an action verb because they each have two different meanings.
No action/a condition/ a state

This smells bad
This tastes salty
I feel sick. 
Action / happening now

I am smelling my armpits
I am tasting the coffee. 
I am feeling the top of the desk.

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Special cases:  the verb think
Can be used as both a state verb and an action verb because they each have two different meanings.
No action/a condition/ a state

I think pink is cute colour.
> belief, or an opinion. 
Action / happening now

I am thinking of the answer
> using my brain to try and find the answer

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Special cases:  the verb have
Can be used as both a state verb and an action verb because they each have two different meanings.
No action/a condition/ a state

I have a pen
> possession. 
idioms that are actions

I am having a baby 
> to give birth
I am having a party
> to host a party
We are having trouble
> to have difficulty with sth

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Check your understanding
  1. I ___ (know) the answer. 
  2. The child ___ (watch) the TV show now. 
  3. This cake ____ (taste) delicious.
  4. My father ____ (not/own) a car.
  5. I ___ (wear) a blue sweater today.
  6. Jane ____ (seem) a little angry today. 
  7. People ___ (do) yoga in the park across the street right now. 
  8. Chantal ___ (think) that English is easy.  

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Check your understanding - Answers
  1. I know the answer. 
  2. The child is watching the TV show now. 
  3. This cake tastes delicious.
  4. My father doesn't own a car.
  5. I am wearing a blue sweater today.
  6. Jane seems a little angry today. 
  7. People are doing yoga in the park across the street right now. 
  8. Chantal thinks that English is easy.  

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Check: goal achieved ?
 Can you
- distinguish between state and action verbs?



work on the weekly task 1.1 + 1.2

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