● We often prefer to use the Present Simple with stative verbs, which is also called non-action verbs. If you like chocolate, that’s a state that exists. It doesn’t involve action. Eating chocolate involves action. Stative verbs aren’t used in progressive tenses. Common stative verbs i...
The present simple is used for stative verbs. These are verbs used to describe ways of thinking, possesion, and senses (taste, hear, feel, etc.) 1. I think it's a great idea. (way of thinking) 表达方式 2. We have offices all over the country. (possesion) 拥有物 3. Candies tast...
★ 恐怕我不得不通知你,你的资助申请已被拒绝。 ● We often prefer to usethe Present Simplewith stative verbs, which is also called non-action verbs. If you like chocolate, that’s a state that exists. It doesn’t involve action. Eating chocolate involves action. Stative verbs aren’t used...
The present simple is used for stative verbs. These are verbs used to describe ways of thinking, possesion, and senses (taste, hear, feel, etc.) 1. I think it's a great idea. (way of thinking) 表达方式 2. We have offices all over the country. (possesion) 拥有物 3. Candies tast...
● We often prefer to use the Present Simple with stative verbs. However, we can use the Present Continuous with some stative verbs when we want to emphasize that a situation is temporary for a period of time around the present, such as ache, feel, hurt, look, be, etc.● 静态动词，...
一般现在时Present Simple 一般现在时不同来讨论。一般现在时,不用来讲现在持续发生的事情,而是: 表达事实,事实的一般状况和每个人都知道的常识;(To express facts, general statements of truth, and common-sense ideas that everybody knows.) 阐述习惯,习俗和定期发生的事情 (To state habits, customs, and ...
D The present simple and the present progressiveHere are just some of the ‘stative' verbs that we rarely use in the progressive form. Study them.believe belongcontainhave (= possess)look_2=appear)look like(= resemble)mattermeanneedownpossesspreferresembleseemunderstandwantPut in the correct ...
hoose the present simple or the present continuous. Watch out for stative verbs.Julie(read) in the garden.2.What(we / have) for dinner tonight?3.(She)(have)two daughters.4.I(stay) in Spain for two weeks this summer.5 He often(come) over for dinner.6. The class(begin) at nine ...
1. Stative verbs: Stative verbs, which describe states of being or having rather than actions, are generally not used in the present continuous. Common stative verbs include "believe," "know," "love," "own," and "understand." However, there are exceptions where stative v...
Stative verbs do not describe action. They describe state, and are verbs such as: like, sound, belong to, need, seem. We can use these verbs with the Present Simple tense to talk about a situation at the present time, not general....