Информация о stative verbs

·         Stative verbs ‒ verbs that describe states: conditions or situations. NOT actions.

ex. Ohana means family. (not “is meaning” because there is no action to show in progress)

·         We cannot use these verbs in continuous form because there is no action to show in progress.

Stative verbs can describe:

o   mental states (know, realize, understand ,recognize, believe, feel, suppose, need, desire, imagine, doubt, remember, forget, think ,want, mean)

o   emotional states (love, like, prefer, hate, fear, envy, appreciate, mind, care, astonish, amaze)

o   possessions ( possess, own, belong, have)

o   sense perceptions (taste, smell, see, hear)

o   other states (be, seem, look, appear, cost, sound, resemble, look like, owe, weigh, equal, exist, matter, consist of, contain, include.)

Double meaning verbs ‒ verbs which change meaning in continuous and simple forms.

THINK if  stative: to have an opinion

                  cont.: (often to think of/about)  to be in a process of considering thinks

LOOK if stative : to have a particular appearance/ seem

                cont.: turn eyes toward smth so that you can see it ex.: looking at the mirror

SEE if stative : notice someone or something using your eyes

             cont.: meet or visit someone by arrangements

ADMIRE: if stative: have a good opinion of somebody/something

                     cont.: look at with appreciation

HAVE if stative: own

                cont.: in phrases: to have breakfast/coffee/ a good time

TASTE if stative: have a particular flavor

               cont.: eat or drink something and to experience it’s flavour