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GerundsandInfinitives SomeEnglishverbs,whichwecallstate,noncontinuousorstativeverbs,aren'tusedin
Participles

continuoustenses(likethepresentcontinuous,orthefuturecontinuous).These
verbsoftendescribestatesthatlastforsometime.Hereisalistofsomecommonones:

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know

belong

love

realise

fit

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suppose

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want

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consist

need

understand

seem

prefer

believe

depend

agree

remember

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StativeVerbs

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own

appear

look(=seem)

sound

taste

smell

hear

astonish

deny

disagree

please

impress

satisfy

promise

surprise

doubt

think(=havean
opinion)

feel(=haveanopinion)

wish

imagine

concern

dislike

be

have

deserve

involve

include

lack

measure(=havelength
etc)

possess

owe

weigh(=haveweight)

Averbwhichisn'tstativeiscalledadynamicverb,andisusuallyanaction.
Someverbscanbebothstativeanddynamic:

Be
beisusuallyastativeverb,butwhenitisusedinthecontinuousitmeans
'behaving'or'acting'
youarestupid=it'spartofyourpersonality
youarebeingstupid=onlynow,notusually

Think

think(stative)=haveanopinion
Ithinkthatcoffeeisgreat
think(dynamic)=consider,haveinmyhead
whatareyouthinkingabout?I'mthinkingaboutmynextholiday

Have

have(stative)=own
Ihaveacar
have(dynamic)=partofanexpression
I'mhavingaparty/apicnic/abath/agoodtime/abreak

See

see(stative)=seewithyoureyes/understand
Iseewhatyoumean
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Iseehernow,she'sjustcomingalongtheroad
see(dynamic)=meet/havearelationshipwith
I'vebeenseeingmyboyfriendforthreeyears
I'mseeingRoberttomorrow

Taste

taste(stative)=hasacertaintaste
Thissouptastesgreat
Thecoffeetastesreallybitter
taste(dynamic)=theactionoftasting
Thechefistastingthesoup
('taste'isthesameasothersimilarverbssuchas'smell')

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