Stative Verbs

Stative verbs

- only go in the present simple form (NO continuous)

love, like, enjoy, hate, prefer, want
think, remember, doubt, understand, know, believe
own
appear, be, belong to
have (possesion)
included, need
see, seem, taste
agree, depend, hear, matter, mean, need, realize, suppose, recognize, contain, forget

Stative and dynamic verbs

- with a different meaning

be, have, feel, love, see, smell, think

IE
I have a car (state verb)
I'm having a good time (dynamic verb)

I think Sarah is not telling the truth (state verb)
I'm thiking (considering) of going on holiday (dynamic verb)