Stative, dynamic and mixed verbs

Stative verbs

Structure of stative, dynamic and mixed verbs.

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Stative verbs

Stative verbs are verbs that cannot be used in continuous forms (verb+ -ing). These are verbs that describe conditions, emotions, states, and situations.

For example: Want ≠ Wanting (does not exist)

Stative verbs can be divided into six categories:

State verbs: To express opinion

Agree	Concern	Doubt	Know	Mind	Suppose
Appear	Depend	Feel	Matter	Remember	Think
Believe	Disagree	Guess	Mean	Seem	Understand

Taste verbs: To express likes and dislike

Dislike

Hate

Love

Prefer

Possession verbs: To express possession

Belong

Have

Include

Involve

Lack

Owe

Own

Measurement verbs: To describe characteristics

Appear	Contain	Owe
Be	Cost	Seem
Consist	Measure	Weigh

Necessity verbs: To describe necessity

Deserve

Need

Want

Wish

Perception verbs: To describe situations

Hear	Recognise	See	Sound
Imagine	Satisfy	Smell	Taste

Dynamic / Action verbs

On the other hand, verbs that can be used in simple (I play chess), compound and continuous forms are dynamic or action verbs. These are used to express actions, processes, changes, evolution and movement.

For example: Write = Writing

Dynamic verbs can be divided into three categories:

Achievement verbs: actions that have planned executions

Arrange	Evaluate	Test
Classify	Improve	Update

Accomplishment verbs: actions that do not have planned executions

Break

Cut

Divide

Explode

Fall

Activity verbs: common action verbs

Become

Drive

Eat

Play

Write

Mixed verbs

Mixed verbs can work as stative or dynamic verbs, depending on the context of the sentence. In the stative form, it may refer to a permanent characteristic. Im the dynamic form, the characteristics are temporary and unusual.

Mixed verbs can be divided into six categories:

To be:

For example:

To be: He is nice. / He is being nice.

To have:

For example:

To have: She has brown eyes. / She is having a good time.

To mind

For example:

To mind:

I don’t mind if you are late. → In this case, the verb means to care about something)
You are minding about your tasks. → In this case, the verb means to deal with something)

To see

For example:

To see:

I see the beach. → In this case, the verb means to see or tu understand.
I am seeing my friends tonight. → In this case, the verb means to meet with someone.

To taste

For example:

To taste:

The salad tastes great! → In this case, the verb the verb reflects an opinion.
The food critic is tasting the dishes. → In this case, the verb works as an action.

To think

For example:

To think:

I think she is beautiful. → In this case, the verb reflects an opinion.
I am thinking about going to the gym. → In this case, the verb means to think.

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