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Stative verbs vs dynamic verbs
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Stative verbs vs dynamic verbs

What are stative and dynamic verbs?

Stative verbs

Stative verbs describe a state, condition, or situation. They express emotions, possession, senses, or thoughts and are typically not used in continuous tenses because they don’t indicate actions or processes.
- Examples: love, like, hate, believe, own, know, seem, prefer.

Dynamic verbs

Dynamic verbs describe actions or processes. They indicate activities that can start and stop and are commonly used in continuous and perfect continuous tenses.
- Examples: eat, run, write, read, play, work.


Impact on continuous tense

Stative verbs in …

1. Believe

2. Run

3. Have

4. Think

5. See

6. Feel

7. Need

8. Taste

9. Love

10. Work

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