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    This document discusses stative verbs, also called state or non-continuous verbs. Stative verbs describe states that last over a period of time and are not used in continuous tenses. A list of common stative verbs is provided, including like, know, belong, love, hate, want, need, and seem. Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic depending on usage - for example, be can be stative to describe a personality but dynamic when used continuously to mean "behaving."

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    This document discusses stative verbs, also called state or non-continuous verbs. Stative verbs describe states that last over a period of time and are not used in continuous tenses. A list of common stative verbs is provided, including like, know, belong, love, hate, want, need, and seem. Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic depending on usage - for example, be can be stative to describe a personality but dynamic when used continuously to mean "behaving."

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    STATIVE VERBS

    How to use stative (state) and dynamic verbs

    Some English verbs, which we call state, non-continuous or stative verbs, aren't used in
    continuous tenses. These verbs often describe states that last for some time. Here is a
    list of some common ones:

    Stative (or State) Verb List

    like know belong


    love realise fit
    hate suppose contain
    want mean consist
    need understand seem
    prefer believe depend
    agree remember matter
    mind recognise see
    own appear look (=seem)
    sound taste smell
    hear astonish deny
    disagree please impress
    satisfy promise surprise
    doubt think (=have an opinion) feel (=have an opinion)
    wish imagine concern
    dislike be have
    deserve involve include
    lack measure (=have length possess
    etc)
    owe weigh (=have weight)

    A verb which isn't stative is called a dynamic verb, and is usually an action.

    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 smart = it's part of your personality


     you are being silly = only now, not usually

    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

    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

    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

    Taste
     taste (stative) = has a certain taste
    This soup tastes great
     taste (dynamic) = the action of tasting
    The chef is tasting the soup (similarly to other verbs such as ‘smell’)

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