Present Simple and Continuous with State Verbs
Secondary English Grammar · Present and Past Tenses · Lesson 4
Also known as: State verbs · stative verbs
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Lesson questions (14)
- I ___ about selling my car. What do you think?
Answer: am thinking - This box ___ a lot. It's very heavy.
Answer: weighs - Why ___ so selfish? You're not usually like this.
Answer: are you being - I ___ a lot of people in this town.
Answer: know - The soup ___ delicious.
Answer: smells - We ___ a great time here. The weather is perfect.
Answer: are having - How ___ you feel today? Any better?
Answer: do - I loves this new phone. It's fantastic!
Answer: False - Who does this umbrella belong to?
Answer: True - She sees her aunt this weekend.
Answer: False - Choose the correct sentence.
Answer: He has a lot of money in the bank. - Choose the correct sentence.
Answer: What does this word mean? - I am knowing the answer to your question.
الخطأ:am knowing· التصحيح: know - This coat is belonging to Jack, not to me.
الخطأ:is belonging· التصحيح: belongs
About this lesson
“Present Simple and Continuous with State Verbs” is from Secondary English Grammar (Present and Past Tenses) and has 14 questions with answers. Sample questions: “I ___ about selling my car. What do you think?” and “This box ___ a lot. It's very heavy.”. Every question can be played in any Hessa Play game or activity.
Lesson words: am thinking · weighs · are you being · know · smells · are having · do · He has a lot of money in the bank. · What does this word mean? · belongs
How to use it in class
- Show the question on the board and let students think before the options appear.
- Split the class into two teams; every correct answer earns a point.
- Display it on the smart board, send it as homework by link, or play it solo or in two teams.
Related lessons
- Present Continuous (I am doing)
- Present Simple (I do)
- Present Continuous vs Present Simple
- Past Simple (I did)
- Past Continuous (I was doing)
- Present Perfect (I have done)
- Present Perfect: Ever, Never, Just, Already, Yet
- Present Perfect Continuous (I have been doing)
- Present Perfect Continuous vs Present Perfect Simple
- How Long Have You (Been)…?
Questions about this lesson
What are state verbs?
They are verbs that express a state, feeling or opinion, such as know, understand, like, mean and taste, and they are not normally used in the continuous form: Do you understand what I mean?
What is the difference between You are being stupid and You are stupid?
are stupid describes a permanent quality of the person, while are being stupid describes temporary behaviour now. Some state verbs change meaning depending on the tense.
What is the common mistake with these verbs?
Saying This milk is tasting bad. The correct form is This milk tastes bad, because taste here is a state verb.
Do students need an account to play this lesson?
No. The teacher shares the lesson link; the student types a first name and plays on a phone or computer, and the score reaches the teacher.
Which games suit this lesson?
You can play it in Gameshow Quiz, Mixed questions, Find & fix, Complete the sentence and the other games and activities on Hessa Play.