We can define stative verb as “A stative verb is one that describes a state of being. Stative verbs are static and remain unchanged throughout their entire duration.”
Explanation
Stative verbs are used to express a state rather than an action in the sentence. They express thoughts, relationships, states of being, emotions, senses, and measurements. Generally, we do not use stative verbs with progressive (continuous) tenses. They are used with the simple tenses. Such as:
Following is the list of stative verbs which you can use to make sentence with stative verbs:
We can generally categorize stative verbs into four parts, such as:
Following are some more stative verbs:
Adore, agree, appear, appreciate, be, belong to, concern, consist of, contain, cost, deny, depend on, deserve, detest, disagree, dislike, doubt, equal, feel, hate, imagine, include, involve, lack, like, loathe, look, matter, mean, measure, mind, owe, possess, promise, realize, recognize, resemble, satisfy, sound, suppose, surprise, taste, think, understand, want, weigh, wish, suspect, forget, prefer, etc.
Following are the examples showing the use of stative verbs:
Some of the verbs work as both, stative and dynamic verbs, such as: be, think, have, see, taste, etc.
For example:
‘Be’ is a stative verb however when used in continuous it becomes dynamic, such as:
When ‘think’ is used to show only opinion, it becomes stative; whereas, when it is used as truth, it becomes dynamic.
When ‘have’ is used to show possession, it becomes stative and when it is used to show action, it becomes dynamic.
When ‘taste’ is used to show certain taste, it becomes stative, and when it is used to show action of tasting, it becomes dynamic.
Following are some rules and tips you should remember while using stative verbs in the sentence:
Stative verbs are verbs that are generally connected with the thinking and opinions. Such as:
They connect with feelings and emotions, such as:
The word ‘enjoy’ is an emotion verb however we can use it in the continuous tense:
Verbs describing the senses (like ‘smell’, ‘see’, ‘taste’, ‘hear’, and ‘feel’) are not used in continuous forms and generally used with ‘can’.
They are used to describe things in the sentence and not actions. Such as:
Stative verb exercises given below will help you in analyzing your knowledge about stative verb. Just go through all the details given above about the stative verb and check your skill by doing following exercises for stative verb. We have used stative verbs in the following sentences; you need to check your skill by identifying stative verbs in each sentence:
Answers: 1 – know, 2 – has, 3 – feel, 4 – resembles, 5 – think, 6 – appreciate, 7 – satisfied, 8 – smell, 9 – owe, 10 – have
Related Information:
Verb
Regular Verb
Irregular Verb
Subject-Verb Agreement
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
Intransitive Verbs
Transitive Verbs
Nonfinite Verb
Finite Verb
Dynamic Verb
Auxiliary Verb
Lexical Verb