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A1/A2 Stative verbs

What are stative verbs? This is important for learners that are now being introduced to the present continuous (I’m writing right now), and need to learn why they can’t say things like ‘I’m loving you’ when a famous fast food chain uses this as a slogan and a famous rock band from the 80s even said ‘I’m Still Loving You’ in one of their most popular hits. By tackling the ‘stative verb’ issue from an early stage, we’ll probably avoid learners making funny structures that are later on very difficult to get rid of because they have become a habit, and although I’m not really sure if this will be effective or not, I’m going to try it out anyway. Here’s a short video that introduces the very basics and after there’s an activity that focuses on some very typical mistakes that we need to avoid.

After, you may want to do the activities that I have attached below.

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STATIVE VERBS FOR A1-A2

Watch the video and choose the best option

Activity by Serena

Stative verbs are... 

The verb read is a/an ... 

The verb swim is a/an ... 

The verb like is a/an ... 

Some stative verbs express daily routine. 

Some stative verbs are related to thinking. 

Many stative verbs are related to feelings like love or hate.

Believe is a stative verb.

The verb know is a/an ... 

It's correct to say 'He's loving me very much' .

It's not correct to say things like 'I'm liking it'. 

Some verbs can be stative and also action verbs. 

It's always correct to use 'have' in the present continuous. 

We can say ' I'm having two books'.

We can say ' I'm having a party tonight'.

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A short lesson on stative verbs

Read, learn and choose the best option

Activity by Serena

Some verbs are not usually used in the progressive form. Some of these verbs are: love, hate and like.

Which sentence below is grammatically correct?

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Can we use 'have' in the progressive?

 

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Progressive or simple?

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Progressive or simple?

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