What are doing right now? Is it an action? Or a feeling? Do you have an opinion?
If you want a coffee / love dogs / own a car you are in a state!
That is, we use stative verbs to talk about things like
– Thoughts
– Feelings
– Possessions
– Senses
– Existence
ππ©π¦π΄π¦ π·π¦π³π£π΄ π’π³π¦π―’π΅ πΆπ΄π¦π₯ πͺπ― π€π°π―π΅πͺπ―πΆπ°πΆπ΄ π΅π¦π―π΄π¦π΄!
e.g. The coffee tastes really bitter β
The coffee is tasting really bitter β
Here is a list of stative verbs:
like ||| know ||| belong love ||| realise ||| fit hate ||| suppose ||| contain want ||| mean ||| consist need ||| understand ||| seem prefer ||| believe ||| depend agree ||| remember ||| matter mind ||| recognise ||| see own ||| appear ||| look (=seem) sound ||| taste ||| smell hear ||| astonish ||| deny disagree ||| please ||| impress satisfy ||| promise ||| surprise doubt ||| think (=have an opinion) ||| feel (=have an opinion) wish ||| imagine ||| concern dislike ||| be ||| have deserve ||| involve ||| include lack ||| measure (=have length etc) ||| possess owe ||| weigh (=have weight)
