STATIVE VERBS

FEATURES

DESCRIBES

EMOTIONAL AND FEELINGS

EXAMPLES

LIKE

LOVE

DISLIKE

HATE

PREFER

WANT

MIND/OPTIONS

EXAMPLES

REMEMBER

UNDERSTAND

BELIVE

SEEM

KNOW

AGREE

DISAGREE

SENSES

EXAMPLES

TASTE

FEEL

SEE

SMELL

HEAR/SOUND

STATE

EXAMPLES

BE

HAVE

CONTRARY TO

ACTION VERBS
(DYNAMIC VERBS)

EXAMPLES

RUN

TAKE

PLAY

DRIVE

FEATURES

THEY REPRESENT ACTIONS PERFORMED WITH THE BODY

YOU CAN USUALLY SEE THEM AS THEY HAPPEN

ING

A CONTINUOUS TENSE

A GERUND