Structure II - Simple Present Tense, Simple Progressive Tense, and Stative Verbs

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Exercise 1. Preview present and past verbs.

Direction: correct the errors.

1.      I am not agree with your opinion. (do)

2.      When the sun raises, it is appearing from below the horizon. (raise)

3.      A: What you are talking about? (are you)

B: I talking about the political situation in my country. (am)

4.      My roommate usually watch television, listen to music, or going out in the evening. (watches/go)

5.      When I turned the ignition key, the car was starting. (started)

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

The Present Simple tense is the most basic tense in English and uses the base form of the verb (except for the verb be). The only change from the base is the addition of s for third person singular. The simple present says that something was true in the past, is true in the present, and will be true in the future. It expresses general statements of fact and timeless truths. The simple present is used to express habitual or everyday activities.

Example:

a.       Water consist of hydrogen and oxygen.

b.      The average person breathes 21,600 times a day.

c.       The world is round.

d.      I study for two hours every night.

e.       I get up at seven every morning.

f.       He always eats a sandwich for lunch.

SIMPLE CONTINUOUS TENSE (PROGRESSIVE)

The present progressive expresses an activity that is in progress at the moment of speaking. It is a temporary activity that began in the past, is continuing at present, and will probably end at some point in the future. Often the activity is of a general nature: something generally in progress this week, this month, this year. Example:

g.      John is sleeping right now.

h.      I need an umbrella because it is raining.

i.        The students are sitting at their desks right now.

j.        I am taking five courses this semester.

k.      John is trying to improve his work habits.

l.        Susan is writing another book this year.

Exercise: simple present vs present progressive.

Directions: use either the simple present or the present progressive of the verbs in parenthese.

1.      Kathy (sit, usually) [usually sits] in front row during class, but today she (sit) [is sitting] in the last row.

2.      Please be quite. I (try) [am trying] to concentrate.

3.      (you, lock, always) [do you always lock] the door to your apartement when you leave?

4.      Every morning, the sun (shine) [shines] in my bedroom window and [wakes] (wake) me up.

5.      After six days of rain, I’m glad that the sun (shine) [is shining] again today.

STATIVE VERBS

Some English verbs have stative meaning. They describe states: conditions or situations that exist. When verbs have stative meanings, they are usually not used in progressive tenses. Stative verbs are verbs that express a state rather than an action. They usually relate to thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses, states of being and measurements. These verbs are not usually used with ing in progressive (continuous) tenses even though they may take on time expressions such as now and at the moment. We use the simple tenses for them. However, there are some verbs that look like they should be stative, but may appear in the ing form. These verbs differ in meaning to the stative verbs.

1.      Paul feels rotten today. He has a bad cold.

2.      Do you recognize him? He is a famous rock star.

3.      Our client appreciated all the work we did for him.

-       Incorrect: I’m smelling your wife’s wonderful spaghetti sauce.

-       Correct: I smell your wife’s wonderful spaghetti sauce.

Example:

1.      I see Michael, but he can’t see me. I’m too far away. (I see him with my eyes.)

2.      James is seeing Marsha. They’ve been together for a month. (He’s dating her.)

3.      I hear music coming from the Smith’s apartment. Someone must be home now. (To experience sound)

4.      I’m hearing voices. (I’m imagining it)

5.      Jeremy has a Mercedes. (He owns it.)

6.      Sara is having lunch with her editor. (She’s eating lunch)

List of stative verbs:

Adore	Appear (seem)	be (exist)	Concern
Agree	appreciate	believe	Consist of
Cost	Depen on	Belong to	Contain
Deny	Deserve	Hear	Measure
Detest	Equal	Imagine	Mind
Disagree	Feel	Include	Need
Dislike	Feel	Involve	Owe
doubt	hate	know	Own
possess	promise	realize	Look (seem)
lack	wight	want	Wish
see	Think (opinion)	taste	Surprise
sound	smile	recognize	Suppose
remember	love	Have (possession)	Smell

 Stative Verbs Exercise

Complete each sentence using the stative verb from the parenthesis:

1.    Do you _________ the answer? (depend on, know, include)

2.    Jim _________ dessert every day. (has, eats, possesses)

3.    I _________ good about the race’s outcome. (am, were, feel)

4.    She _________ her mother. (imagines, resembles, walks with)

5.    Do you _________ they will win? (think, involve, promise)

6.    They really _________ everything you did for them. (include, appreciate, dislike)

7.    I think the teacher was _________ with my speech. (involved, measured, satisfied)

8.    Can you _________ the coffee brewing? (feel, smell, dislike)

9.    I still _________ a lot of money on my student loans. (deserve, owe, involve)

10. You _________ more shoes than anyone else I know! (dislike, suppose, have)

Answers: 1 – know, 2 – has, 3 – feel, 4 – resembles, 5 – think, 6 – appreciate, 7 – satisfied, 8 – smell, 9 – owe, 10 – have

References:

http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/verbs/stative-verbs/

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_s.htm

Betty Schrampfer Azar

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