1. Voica Lisa – LL (Eng-Ro) Maniu Alexandru – LL (Eng-Ro)
Teaching grammar
Voica Lisa – LL (Eng-Ro)
Maniu Alexandru – LL (Eng-Ro)

2. Stative verbs (non action verbs)

3. Exercise one Put the words in the brackets in the correct form:
1. He (think) _______________ that we are studying now.
2. These flowers (smell) _______________ terrific.
3. Henry (understand) _______________ Italian well.
4. This milk (taste) _______________ funny. I won’t drink it.
5. Diana (want) _______________ to come over now. Is that all right?
6. Just took a sip of your soup. I (taste) vinegar.
7. I (hear) _______________ you, but I can’t understand what you are saying.
8. Please give me that book. It (belong) _______________ to me.
9. John (believe)_______________ but I know you’re lying.

4. Answers (exercise one)
Put the words in the brackets in the correct form:
1. He thinks that we are studying now.
2. These flowers smell terrific.
3. Henry understands Italian well.
4. This milk tastes funny. I won’t drink it.
5. Diana wants to come over now. Is that all right?
6. Just took a sip of your soup. I’m tasting vinegar.
7. I hear you, but I can’t understand what you are saying.
8. Please give me that book. It belongs to me.
9. John believes you, but I know you’re lying.

5. Exercise two Circle the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
(a) Right now they (think, are thinking) about buying a new car.
(b) Pete (has been knowing, has known) Jane for many years.
(c) She told me that she (had always loved, had always been loving) the theatre.
(d) Pierre (has owned, has been owning) that car for over ten years.
(e) Mary (saw, was seeing) Freddie for the first time in a club in Greenwich Village.
(g) Gerry (was tasting, tasted) the wine when suddenly the fire alarm went off in the restaurant. He spilled wine all over his shirt.
(h) The roses (smelled, were smelling) lovely in your garden last summer.
(l) The thief looked into his rear-view mirror and (was realizing, realized) that he (was being, was) followed by a police car.

6. Answers Circle the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
(a) Right now they (think, are thinking) about buying a new car.
(b) Pete (has been knowing, has known) Jane for many years.
(c) She told me that she (had always loved, had always been loving) the theatre.
(d) Pierre (has owned, has been owning) that car for over ten years.
(e) Mary (saw, was seeing) Freddie for the first time in a club in Greenwich Village.
(g) Gerry (was tasting, tasted) the wine when suddenly the fire alarm went off in the restaurant. He spilled wine all over his shirt.
(h) The roses (smelled, were smelling) lovely in your garden last summer.
(l) The thief looked into his rear-view mirror and (was realizing, realized) that he (was being, was) followed by a police car.

7. Objectives
Write down the correct form of the verb (simple or continuous) in order to fill the gaps.
Choose the correct form of the verb (simple or continuous);
Activity: Writing
Aim
To understand the difference between stative and action verbs.
To use the correct form of the verb (simple or continuous) based upon this understanding.
To learn that some verbs can be both stative and dynamic, according to the context.
Level: Intermediate
Time: 20 minutes.