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State and activity verbs

State and activity verbs. Now , I know the answer. What’s the tense? When is it happening?. There are two kinds of verbs in English:. Activity verbs – describe activities and they can be used in simple and continuous tenses. walk , talk, eat, drink….

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State and activity verbs

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  1. State and activity verbs

  2. Now , I know the answer. • What’s the tense? • When is it happening?

  3. There are two kinds of verbs in English: Activity verbs – describe activities and they can be used in simple and continuous tenses. walk , talk, eat, drink… • State verbs – describe states and can only be used in simple tenses. They can’t be used in continuous tenses. hate, understand, want…

  4. State verbs: • Verbs related to activities of the mind: admit, agree, believe, know, mean, prefer, realise, remember, think, understand, want • Verbs related to emotions: adore, care, like, dislike, love, hate, hope • Having or being: appear, be, belong, contain, have, include, need, seem, possess, own • Verbs related to senses: feel, hear, look, see, smell, sound, taste…

  5. Some state verbs can also refer to an activity. In this meaning they can be used in a continuous tense. • HAVE We have a second-hand car. (have = possess > state) We are having some tea. (have = drink > activity) • THINK I think it’s a great idea. (think = believe > state) I’m thinking about my exam. (think = consider > activity)

  6. Verbs related to senses are followed by adjectives, not adverbs. • The coffee smells great. • You look nice. • That soup tastes awful. • Their new song sounds fantastic.

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