Some english verbs, which we call state

Some english verbs, which we call state

• 1.
  There are dynamic and stative verbs in the English language Some English verbs, which we call state, non- continuous or stative verbs, aren’t used in continuous tenses
• 2.
  These verbs oftendescribe states that last for some time. Bread consists of flour, water and yeast. Julie’s always hated sausages.
• 3.
  Is it rightfor you to say? I´m loving The Beatles Enormous was meaning very big. Those children aren´t mattering to have inedible food for dinner Neither Thomas nor Michael want to go to the cinema
• 4.
  So, you cannow use these verbs in sentences to practise: Consist, hate, love, mean, matter, wa nt Of course, there are many others………
• 5.
  Some verbs canbe both stative and dynamic
• 6.
  BE be isusually 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
• 7.
  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
• 8.
  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
• 9.
  Now, we haveBE, HAVE and THINK (and some others) that can be used both in a stative or dynamic way Could you practice with the following?
• 10.
  Not only……..but (verbto be)- engineers- foolish Therefore(verb to have)- Rain, party
• 11.
  Get by/ comeinto (verb to think-stative and dynamic)
• 12.
  So, do youknow that: The Present Perfect Progressive is used to indicate the DURATION of an activity that began in the past and continues to the present AND
• 13.
  The Present Perfectexpresses the idea that something happened or not before now, at aun unspecified time in the past. The exact time it happened is not important BUT THAT……………
• 14.
  AS VERBS WITHSTATIVE MEANINGS ARE NOT USED IN THE PROGRESSIVE
• 15.
  The present perfect,not the present perfect progressive, is used with STATIVE verbs to describe the DURATION of a state that began in the past and continues to the present
• 16.
  Examples: My motherhas promised to take me to Europe since I was a child (not she has been promising) That child has realised his parents´problem for a lot of years (not has been realising) Children mistreatment has sound rather mean since the beginning of mankind (not has been sounding)