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Action verbs vs State verb

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Presenttense

Simple Present

S + V s/es+ O

S + tobe (is, am, are)+ N/adj/adv

Habitual action

 John goes to school bb!s everda"

General truth

#aia is a smartst!dent in her class"

 $he s!n sets in the%est"

Present contin!o!s

S + tobe (is, am, are)+ V ing

to say that we are inthe middle of an

action.&'m %aiting or thetrain"

(I'm at the station now. I'mwaiting means that I am inthe middle of a period ofwaiting. The wait is not yetover.)

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Verbs• Action verbs

 An action meanssomethinghappening"

• I'm cleaning the at.

• The farmer is buy ing theland.

• clean the microscope

and put  it in the boxafter using it.

 Action verbs can besimple or contin!o!s"

• State verbs

 A state meanssomething staying thesame.

• The farmer owns theland.

State verbs cannot !s!all

be contin!o!s"NO$

•  $he armer is o%ning theland"

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Stateverbs

believe, belong, consist of,contain, depend on, deserve,exist, hate, know, like, love,matter, mean, own, need,prefer, remember, resemble,

seem, understand, want,realise, suppose

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Exception• P*#ANN$ S$A$ (simple tenses)

I love/enjoy  parties.I lie school.

• SO*$ P*&O (contin!o!s)

I'm loving/enjoying this party.I'm liing school much better now.

• Sometimes %e can !se either the simple orthe contin!o!s %ith no di-erence in

meaning"!ou loo  well" #$ !ou're looing well.

%e feel a bit sad. #$ %e're feeling a bit

sad.

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&o you see that house? (= have in sight)

with’

• ar is seeing his boss. {= having a meeting with)