GRAMMAR NON-PROGRESSIVE VERBS Verbs expressing mental state think* notice remember want forget need suppose recognise understand prefer believe realise doubt mean imagine know Verbs expressing emotions love like fear care envy mind hate dislike Verbs expressing possession have* own possess belong (to) Verbs of Perception see* smell* taste* feel* hear Others look* appear* weigh advise include cost promise contain seem sound Verbs with an asterix (*) can be used with the continuous tenses, usually with a different meaning. Is something wrong with Kate? She looks very sad. (look expresses a state) Why are you looking at me like that? (look expresses a deliberate action happening at the time of speaking) What perfume do you use? It smells very nice. (state) Look. Grandma is smelling the flowers we gave her. (action) I have a son, but I don’t have a daughter. Mum can’t come to the phone. She a bath. (action) is having Complete the sentences choosing from the non-progressive in the table above. There may be more than one answer for some of them. I’m not comfortable on this chair. It _feels/seems___________ very hard. Do you _know_________ who that man over there is? Well, your holiday plan interesting, but where will you get that much money from? I _think/suppose/believe/imagine/doubt__________ that piece of land _belongs___________ to the Roberts, but I’m not certain. Elderly people should avoid eating eggs too often because they __contain________ cholesterol, which is bad for them. The strawberries __look______ nice but they _taste_______ rather sour. Do you __believe_______ in ghosts? That is very clever. He __understands/remembers_________ everything very easily.
GRAMMAR NON-PROGRESSIVE VERBS Verbs expressing mental state think* suppose believe imagine notice recognise realise know remember forget understand doubt want need prefer mean Verbs expressing emotions love hate like dislike fear envy care mind Verbs expressing possession have* own possess belong (to) Verbs of Perception see* smell* taste* feel* hear Others look* seem appear* sound weigh cost advise promise include contain Verbs with an asterix (*) can be used with the continuous tenses, usually with a different meaning. Is something wrong with Kate? She looks very sad. (look expresses a state) Why are you looking at me like that? (look expresses a deliberate action happening at the time of speaking) What perfume do you use? It smells very nice. (state) Look. Grandma is smelling the flowers we gave her. (action) I have a son, but I don’t have a daughter. Mum can’t come to the phone. She is having a bath. (action) Complete the sentences choosing from the non-progressive in the table above. There may be more than one answer for some of them. I’m not comfortable on this chair. It _feels/seems___________ very hard. Do you _know_________ who that man over there is? Well, your holiday plan interesting, but where will you get that much money from? I _think/suppose/believe/imagine/doubt__________ that piece of land _belongs___________ to the Roberts, but I’m not certain. Elderly people should avoid eating eggs too often because they __contain________ cholesterol, which is bad for them. The strawberries __look______ nice but they _taste_______ rather sour. Do you __believe_______ in ghosts? That is very clever. He __understands/remembers_________ everything very easily.
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