In today's lesson, we're going to talk about stative and non-state verbs.

I'm going to show you the difference between the two, how we use them, how we grouped
them and some exceptions.
So let's get started.
So we have two groups of verbs, stative and non stative of verbs, stative verbs are sometimes
called non action verbs, and what they do is describe a situation or state of a sentence so they
have no action.
They are often related to emotions and feelings, for example, believe, think, like or deserve.
These are stative verbs.
Some examples are go, jump, walk or read.
These are none stative verbs.
Let's look at some examples here in this sentence.
We have, I believe you are smart, believe isn't explaining the action.
It is explaining the situation.
And so we are not saying I believe in you are smart.
Just I believe no, I and she on the other hand, we say we are walking on the road right now.
Walking is the action that we are doing and therefore we add our I and G.
Another example is we all love you that describes the state or the situation.
However, on the other hand, we also have Kate is sleeping in her room that shows the action
that Kate is doing right now and therefore sleep gets our I enjoy ending.
She has three brothers: has is our verb have and that shows ownership.
So because it shows ownership, the state or situation of something, we don't add our i n g
ending.
But I am doing my homework at the moment shows the action that is going on and we add I n
g last example,
Those students hate exams.
Hate is an emotion and therefore no I n g and he is running fast and action that he is doing.
Therefore we have our i n g.
So like we said before, stative verbs are not about actions, they are about emotions,
opinions or thoughts.

And we group them into various groups.

The first group is the ones that are related to feelings and emotions like feel, want, despise,
detest, forgive, care, need, desire, appreciate, love, wish, dislike, hate.
And we trust, appeal or prefer.

We can also group them related to thoughts and opinions.

Think no suspect.
Expect, believe, consider, realize doubt.
Except imagine hope.
Remember, understand.
I mean forget wonder suppose or recognize.
There is also state of verbs related to perception such as resemble notice appear seem, see,
smell, taste, perceive scents.

Here look sound stative verbs can also be linked to ownership or relationships between people
and objects and objects.
So have belong include depend consist contain involve equal suit possess own concern caused
lack obtain or fit and weigh.
Our last resort groups have stated verbs about communication and ideas being present or
existing or other verbs that information about the state.
So acknowledge or consent, agree or deny, disagree or accept b or exist, happen or occur, lack
or mind, deserve or matter.
Now here's the place where we need to pay special attention because sometimes our of verbs
and non state
of verbs can cross paths.
Let's have a look at our first example.
Have have we normally associate with the meaning of having ownership?
So if someone says I have a nice family, then that means it is the state of something,
something that they own.
But when we change the meaning from ownership to something else, such as I'm having a
nice breakfast now, then we are able to add our I n g so our state to verb goes to non stative.
But when we change the meaning from ownership to something else, such as I'm having a
nice breakfastnow, then we are able to add our I n g so our state a verb goes to non stative
think is a verb that isn't related to our action and what we're doing.
So if someone says I think we should study harder, it means they are explaining.
How they feel about the situation, but if someone says, I am thinking about my exams now,
it's an action that they are currently doing.
So we add our eye, enjoy ending, and our verb changes from stative to non stative look is
related to how something appears to us.
It has to do with how something appears within our eye.
So it is not an action.
So if I say you look beautiful today, I'm talking about the state of your appearance.
But if I say we are looking at the board now, then it means we are actually doing an action,
something active, and that's when we can add i n g.
This is similar with the word taste.
Taste has to do with how something is a situation.
So if we say something tastes good, taste has a similar meaning as well.
Taste is usually to do with how something is.
So the situation, the cake tastes nice.
That's the state or the situation of the cake.
But if I am changing it into an action, so for example, I am tasting the cake now.
It is a verb, something that I am doing.
So we add I engy smell is an example I really love.
So if I say this room smells bad, all I'm speaking about is the state of the room, the situation.
But if I want to make it an action and add i n g, then it means I'm using it for another
meaning, for example.
I am smelling the flowers, so that's me doing the action this time feel is a verb that we relate
with emotion and we know that emotions are related to stative verbs.
So if I say I feel that something bad will happen, I'm talking about the state of something in
my emotion.
But if I say I am feeling bad today, then it's talking about an action, something that is
currently occurring.
C has to do with how something appears and what it looks like.
So I see many chairs in this room refers to the state of the room, but I can also make it an
action by saying I am seeing a doctor.
That means in this case, seeing is similar to I am meeting a doctor.
He appears to be sick, talks about the state of something, the situation, what he looks like.
But if I say my brother is appearing on a TV show, then it's an action I'm speaking about.
My brother is going to be on a TV show.
Lastly, we use the B word to describe a situation.
So he is smart and handsome describing the state or the situation of something.
But if I say he is being naughty, then it's changed.
I'm speaking about his behavior and that means his actions in the situation.
So that's everything to do with stative and non state of verbs.