Study this presentation to understand
- the difference between stative and dynamic (or action) verbs
- how they function.
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Stative Verbs 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 etc) | possess |
| owe | weigh (=have weight) |
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Sources:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm#top
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1H.html