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Action and Stative Verbs - English lesson

Action Verbs            They show an action rather than a state.

                              They describe things we do or things that happen.

  Action verbs can be used in continuous tenses.

                              They are sometimes known as ' Dynamic or Active Verbs '.

   ( eat, learn, read, reach, jump, run, go etc )

Stative Verbs            They describe a state rather than an action.

   They show thought or opinions, emotions, senses, possession.

   Stative Verbs can't be used in continuous tenses.

   They are sometimes known as ' State Verbs '.

   ( believe, understand, have, hate, love, hear, depend, dislike, concern, consist etc )

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2. I still haveam still havingI don't know a bag full of these tin soldiers. I collected them when I was a kid.

3. This girl standing next to your brother is lookinglooksI don't know very pretty.

4. I don't know her but she is seemingseemsI don't know like such a nice girl.

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6. - What do you thinkare you thinkingI don't know about our new president? - I don't think much of him.

7. Don't interrupt me! I am thinkingthinkI don't know about my exam now.

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9. Tom has been driving for ten hours. I imagineam imaginingI don't know he must be tired.

10. I eat a lot of chocolate because I am lovingloveI don't know sweets.

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