state verbs practice 1

English Banana.com Test Your Grammar Skills State Verbs Practice 1 State verbs describe states of being, including: • actions that happen in your head, e.g.. believe, know, want • li

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State Verbs Practice 1

State verbs describe states of being, including:

• actions that happen in your head, e.g believe, know, want

• likes and dislikes, e.g like, dislike, love, hate, prefer

• senses, e.g see, hear, smell, taste

They do not usually have continuous forms Underline the correct option in each sentence:

1 Paula absolutely loathed / was loathing her new colleague’s aftershave

2 I keep / am keeping fit by exercising regularly and eating healthily

3 We know that the children lie / are lying about who broke the DVD player

4 The film lasts / is lasting for about ninety minutes

5 I think / ’ve been thinking about going to Hawaii next year

6 Alice saw / was seeing a comet when she visited the observatory last week

7 Since Eric lost weight, his clothes don’t fit / are not fitting him any more

8 We have / ’re having a barbecue on Saturday night, if you want to come over

9 John seemed / was seeming really angry What does he want / is he wanting?

10 I have / ’m having four puppies for sale, if you want to buy one

11 Paul has promised / has been promising to lend me his guitar for years

12 The weekend consists of / is consisting of five seminars and two practical sessions where you can put / be putting into practice what you have learned

13 We weighed / were weighing the elephants for four hours yesterday

14 I don’t think you realise / are realising how much Bonnie is in love with you

15 The boys were / were being silly in the lab, when the head teacher walked in

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