State verbs

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State verbs

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

What are state verbs?

Slide 2 - Open vraag

What are state verbs?
State verbs describe a state, not an action. Therefore, we cannot use a continuous tense.

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Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Examples 1
State verbs generally fall into 4 groups:
Emotion: love, hate, want, need
Possession: have, own, want, belong
Sense: see, hear, smell, seem
Thought: know, believe, remember

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Examples 2

doubt dislike understand suspect
loathe own belong know
like need want seem
mean believe forget remember
prefer hate love see

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Some verbs can be both 

Some words can be state verbs and action verbs. The meaning of these verbs is then different.


'I have a car.' – state verb showing possession
'I am having a bath.' – action verb which, in this case, means 'taking'.
'I think you are cool.' – state verb meaning 'in my opinion'.
'I am thinking about buying a motorbike.' – action verb meaning 'considering'.



Slide 6 - Tekstslide

What should it be:
I am disliking garlic
I dislike garlic

Slide 7 - Poll

What should it be:
I prefer winter to summer
I am preferring winter to summer

Slide 8 - Poll

What should it be?
I am hating school.
I hate school.

Slide 9 - Poll

1) My husband
(always/taste) the food while I'm cooking! It's very annoying
A
is always tasting
B
always tastes

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

What is correct?
A
She has a bath every evening.
B
She is having a bath every evening

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

Choose:
A
Luke is seeing (see) the doctor now.
B
Luke sees the doctor now.

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Luke....
A
is having a pary next weekend
B
has a party next weekend

Slide 13 - Quizvraag


A
This coffee isn't tasting right.
B
This coffee doesn't taste (not/taste) right.

Slide 14 - Quizvraag

We ......
A
see John and Susie next month
B
We are seeing John and Susie next month.

Slide 15 - Quizvraag

What
A
do you think about the war?
B
are you thinking about the war?

Slide 16 - Quizvraag

She
A
has a headache
B
is having a headache

Slide 17 - Quizvraag

Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:
be 
be is usually a stative verb, but when it is used in the continuous it
means ‘behaving’ or ‘acting’
you are stupid = it’s part of your personality
you are being stupid = only now, not usually

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have
have (stative) = own
I have a car
have (dynamic) = part of an expression
I’m having a party / a picnic / a bath / a good time / a break 

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

to see
see (stative) = see with your eyes / understand
I see what you mean
I see her now, she’s just coming along the road
see (dynamic) = meet / have a relationship with
I’ve been seeing my boyfriend for three years
I’m seeing Robert tomorrow

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

to taste
taste (stative) = has a certain taste
This soup tastes great
taste (dynamic) = the action of tasting
The chef is tasting the soup 

Slide 21 - Tekstslide

to think
think (stative) = have an opinion
I think that coffee is great
think (dynamic) = consider, have in my head
what are you thinking about? I’m thinking about my next holiday

Slide 22 - Tekstslide