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4. Adding –ing rule
5. Stative verbs
Adding –ing
We add –ing to the verb.
Some verbs need changes like this:
1. Changing the “ie” to “y”
Lie-lying
2. Doubling the last letter in consonantstressed vowel-consonant
Put-putting but row-rowing (not stressed)
3. Omitting the “e”
Write-writing
Your turn
Add –ing to the verbs
C
Now add an –ing to the following verbs
Base form
Gerund
Base form
Gerund
play
playing
run
running
go
going
wash
washing
do
doing
fish
fishing
make
making
come
coming
die
dying
ski
skiing
stop
stopping
open
opening
Stative Verbs
Some verbs are only (or mostly) used in simple
tenses, and are not used in progressive tenses.
An example of a simple tense is the present
simple, or the past simple. An example of a
progressive tense is the present progressive or
past progressive. These verbs are called stative,
stative is or state verbs. A verb which isn’t
called a dynamic verb, and is usually an action.
about liking or
Often stative verbs are
disliking something, or about a mental state,
not about an action.
Table of Stative Verbs
adore
guess
mind
think
possess
astonish
hate
please
understand
seem
desire
hear
prefer
want
sound
detest
imagine
recall
wish
regard
dislike
know
remember
cost
need
doubt
like
see
depend on
own
feel
love
smell
have
require
forgive
mean
taste
lack
resemble
Fill in with the correct stative verbs:
Feelings
Possession
Mental
Measures
Senses
love
have
think
weigh
see
Check your answers
Feelings
Possession
Mental
Measures
Senses
love
have
think
weigh
smell
hate
own
believe
cost
see
dislike
has
remember
hear
like
recall
taste
want
guess
prefer
know
Test yourself on the internet
1. Test I
2. Test II