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Luyện ngữ pháp - Destination B2 (Unit 1: Grammar - Present time: present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, stative verbs)


Stative verbs
Stative verbs are not normally used in continuous tenses because they don’t describe actions.
✓ I see what you mean.
✘ I am seeing what you mean.

Use
(Stative verbs often refer to:)		 Example
thinking believe, imagine, know, mean, think, understand be, exist
existence hate, like, love, need, prefer, satisfy, want
emotions
the human senses hear, see, smell, sound, taste
appearance appear, look, resemble, seem
possession and relationships between things belong to, consist of, have, include, involve, own

Watch out!
Some verbs (such as be, have, imagine, look, see, smell, taste, think) are stative with one meaning and non—stative with another meaning.
✓ Do you have your plane ticket with you? (state: possession)
✓ Are you having lunch at the moment? (action: eating)

Form - Present perfect continuous Exercise - A


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