present simple and continuous and stative verbs

1. Present Simple & Continuous
Review

2. Simple Present
 Habitual Actions
My dog Punch goes to bed at 8pm every night.
I drink coffee when I eat breakfast.
 General Truths
The sky is blue.
Stress causes high blood pressure.
 With Non-Action/Stative Verbs (describing states or
situations)
I hope to move abroad again soon.
This class knows how to write an introduction.

3. Four Types of
Non-Action/Stative Verbs:
1. Express Emotions
(hate, like, love, want, feel, prefer)
2. Describe Mental States
(know, remember, believe, understand, agree, forget )
3. Show Possession
(have, own, possess, belong)
4. Describe Perception and Senses
(hear, see, smell, taste, feel, notice, appear)
Check page 130 in your book for more stative verbs

4. Present Progressive
 Actions Happening Right Now
I am talking to the class.
The students are wearing shoes.
 Temporary Actions
I am staying with friends, but I plan to leave soon.
Mark is training for a 100-mile bike ride this month.
be + V-ing

5. Some verbs can have an active or stative (non-
action) meaning, depending on the context. You
need to be able to help students identify the
difference.
Common verbs that may be used with either
meaning include have, think, taste and look.
For example…
I have a house next to the beach
(have meaning possession = stative verb)
She’s having some tea (dynamic verb)
(have meaning drink = dynamic verb)

6. For each pair, use the present (non-
action/stative) or present progressive (active)
have
 We _______ two textbooks in this class.
 They ___________ a hard time with grammar.
think
 She _____________about her boyfriend, not about
grammar.
 He ___________ we should go to the library
after class.
look
 I _____________for a new book to read.
 You ____________ great today.
have
are having
is thinking
thinks
am looking
look

7. For each pair, use the present (non-
action/stative) or present progressive (active)
have
 We _______ two textbooks in this class.
 They ___________ a hard time with grammar.
think
 She _____________about her boyfriend, not about
grammar.
 He ___________ we should go to the library
after class.
look
 I _____________for a new book to read.
 You ____________ great today.
have
are having
is thinking
thinks
am looking
look