State and Activity Verbs

State and Activity Verbs:

• be:������� I am hungry.
• have:���� I have a son.
• need:���� I need to sleep.

• like/feel:��������������� I want/I love/I hate/I prefer...
• thought/opinion:���� I think/I know/I believe/I agree...
• The senses:����������� It looks/It tastes/It looks/It feels/It seems...

Activity Verbs describe activities:

• He usually reads books.
• Today he is reading a magazine.

We usually use present simple or present continuous for activity verbs.

We usually use present simple for state verbs, but be careful because sometimes they can be used with an active meaning (e.g. He is looking for his book.).

1. I (be) hot. I (need) some water.
2. (you/want) some coffee?
3. No thanks. I (prefer) tea. I (have) a bad stomach.
4. Karen (behave) strangely today. She (seem) a bit sad.
5. What (you/watch)?
6. It's a horror movie, but I �(not/like) it.
7. It's very noisy because my son (have a party).
8. Kat (have a new hairstyle). It's lovely.
9. Jack (think) revision is really uncool.
10. What (you/think) about?
11. It (look) like it is going to rain.