STATIVE VERBS AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

STATIVE VERBS AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Complete the sentences with present continuous or present simple

(be careful of the stative verbs)

· Look the bus is ____________(come)

· “Mmmm, this soup __________(taste) good”

· At the moment, I’m __________(take) my dog for a walk

· Adam is eating a hotdog but I ________(prefer) hamburgers

· Winter is coming, I ________(need) some warm clothes

· Today I am _______(go) to visit my grandparents

· “ Please teacher I _______(think) I know the answer”

· It’s a hot day and the children __________(swim) in the lake

· Anna is reading a book about ghosts but I ________(believe) in them

· “Listen, I _________hear your mum calling you”

Choose the correct word to complete; Yes, I know/am knowing the answer! Why is she cries/crying? She always is getting/gets up late on Sundays I am liking/like this film I want/am wanting a new bike Today, mum washes/is washing my clothes “Look, I am seeing/see my friends” Yuk! I hate/am hating vegetables I haven’t seen the doctor for a long time but she is remembering/remembers my name. At the moment the children play/are playing in the garden