Dynamic verbs describe actions or movement and can be used with continuous tenses like present continuous, past continuous, and future continuous. Examples include run, jump, study, and eat. Stative verbs describe a state of being or mind like know, remember, understand, like, and prefer and cannot be used with continuous tenses. For example, one can say "Sue doesn't understand the math problem" but not "Sue isn't understanding the math problem." The document outlines the differences between dynamic and stative verbs and their usage with progressive or continuous tenses.
2. DYNAMIC VERBS
Dynamic verbs have to be with actions or
movement: run, jump, study, eat, sleep, ...
We can use them with all continuous tenses (pres.
cont., past cont., fut. cont.):
•They run in the park everyday
•They are running in the park
•They will be running in the park at 8:00
3. STATIVE VERBS
Stative verbs describe a state of mind or likes:
know, remember, understand, like, love, hate,
prefer, ...
We can´t use stative verbs with continuous tenses:
•Sue doesn´t understand the Maths problem
•Sue isn´t understanding the Maths problem
•Sue won´t be understanding the Maths problem
