C225 questions · Proficient · Verbs and Verb Patterns
Stative and Dynamic Verbs Exercises with Answers
Verbs that describe a state rather than an action, and so resist the continuous. Also the ones that switch between the two with a change of meaning: see, think, taste, have.
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Lessons on this topic
- Past Continuous
The was/were + -ing form, negatives and questions, actions in progress at a past moment, -ing spelling, and how it differs from the past simple.
- The Present Continuous
Am, is and are with verb-ing, negatives, questions and short answers, when to use the present continuous, and the -ing spelling rules that trip learners up.
- Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Routines against actions in progress, permanent against temporary, the time words that give each tense away, and the state verbs that stay simple.
