chocolate round
It's 4:30.
What time is it?
What's the time?
Feel, hear, agree, imagine, own, be, need and want are verbs that belong to stative verbs.
Which verbs belong to stative verbs?
We use the present continuous for momentary actions in the present with a clear beginning & end.
IP + what do we use the present continuous for?
5 kinds of sense verbs exist: verbs of the senses, verbs of thought, verbs of preference & desires, verbs of qualities & possessions and verbs of existance.
IP + how many types/kinds of sense verbs exist?
If a verb is 'dynamic', it means the action has a beginning and an end that shows a change of events.
IP + what dynamic verb means?
These type of questions haven't got an 'introduction phrase' (IP).
What are indirect questions?
Which type of questions haven't got an IP?
Love means 'yes' when accepting an offer or have other romantic meanings.
What word means 'yes' when accepting an offer?
Not usually. Although dynamic verbs are usually the ones used in continuous form, there are some exceptions for stative verbs.
IP + if stative verbs can be used in continuous form?
For repeated actions like habits & routines.
What do we use the present simple for?
S + have + VPP + complement.
IP + what's the positive structure for present perfect?
Not subject questions start with an auxiliary, followed by a subject and a verb while subject ones follow the same order as a positive sentence without subject.
What's the difference between subject and not subject questions?
S + VTB + V(ing) + complement.
S + VTB + not + V(ing) + complement.
VTB + S + V(ing) + complement.
What are the structures of the present continuous?
Because dynamic verbs and present continuous refer to changing situations: one in action and the second as in a momentary process or activity that has an end date.
IP + why are present continuous, dynamic verbs and change related.
Stative verbs are used in continuous form when we want to emphasize that the situation, feeling or attitude isn't permanent or that there was in change to it.
When *is it okay* to use stative verbs in continuous form?
* do we use *
When are stative verbs used in continuous form?
1. I usually run 2 km. every day.
2. I'm running less these days because I of an injury.
IP + what are examples of present simple and continuous?