Читайте также:
|
| STATE | ACTION |
| · He thinks he’s really clever. (= he believes) | · I’m thinking about his offer. (= I’m considering) |
| · What does it taste like? (= What is flavour?) | · He’s tasting the food to see if it’s good. (= he’s testing the flavour) |
| · He has two houses. (= he owns; he possesses) | · She’s having lunch. (= she’s eating) |
| · The silk shirt feels soft. (= it has a soft texture) | · Ann is feeling the cat’s fur. (= she’s touching) |
| · Do you see what I mean? (= Do you understand?) | · I’m seeing Paula tonight. (= I’m meeting) |
| · Your perfume smells of apples. (= it has the smell) | · She is smelling the roses. (= she’s trying the smell of) |
| · I love/enjoy good films. (= I like in general) | · I’m loving/enjoying this film. (= I like specifically) |
| · It looks as if it’s going to rain. (= it appears) | · He is looking at the painting. (= he’s viewing it) |
| · He appears to be working. (= he seems to be) | · The opera singer is appearing on stage tonight. (= he will make an appearance) |
| · The box is heavy. It weighs a lot. (= its weight is) | · He is weighing the potatoes on the scales. (= he is finding out the weight of) |
| · Luciano is naughty. (= His character is bad.) | · Suzy is being very naughty. (= she is misbehaving) |
| · These shoes fit me perfectly. (= They are the right size) | · We are fitting a new carpet in the hall. (= laying) |
Fill in with Present Simple or Continuous.
1. A: I 1) ……... am thinking............. (think) about visiting Jane this afternoon.
B: I wouldn’t bother. I 2) ………………………………(think) she’s away on holiday.
2. A: Mr Jones 3) ………………….. (have) a telephone message from his wife.
B: Can it wait? He 4) ……………… (have) a business meeting and I don’t want to disturb him.
3. A: The police 5) …………………. (still/look) for fingerprints left in the room.
B: It 6) …………….………………………………(look) as if they won’t find the criminal.
4. A: I 7) ……............................. (love) breathing in clean, country air!
B: So do I. I 8) ………….…………………(love) every minute of this walking trip.
5. A: I 9) …………………………………(see) my boss about a pay rise this afternoon.
B: I 10) …………………..……………(see). That’s why you’re wearing a suit and tie.
6. A: Why 11) ………………………………(you/taste) the soup? Is there anything wrong with it?
B: Yes – it 12) ……………..…………(taste) too sweet. I think I’ve used sugar instead of salt.
7. A: Why 13) ……………………………………….. (you/feel) the baby’s forehead, Mum?
B: I think she’s got a temperature. She 14) ……………………………. (feel) rather hot.
8. A: John 15) ………………………………………… (be) a very rude person, you know.
B: I know. Sheila 16) ……….……(be) very rude these days too, although she’s usually polite.
9. A: It 17) ……………………………………….……(look) as if it’s going to rain this afternoon
B: I know. I 18) ……………………………………(look) for my umbrella to take out with me.
10. A: Why 19) …………………………………………(you/smell) the inside of your car?
B: Because it 20) ………..……………………(smell) of petrol and I want to check for leaks.
11. A: How much 21) ………………………………. …………………..(your new baby/weigh)?
B: I don’t know yet. The nurse 22) ………………………………… (weigh) him at the moment.
Underline the correct item.
1. John is / is being usually rude, but today he is / is being polite to his colleagues.
2. Ann is / is being usually patient, but today she is / is being impatient.
3. Sam is / is being rude to his mother now, but he is / is being normally pleasant to her.
4. John is / is being a kind man, but at the moment he is / is being selfish.
5. Julie is /is being silly at the moment, although I know she is / is being really very sensible.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
Ted: Hello Dad, I am in Birmingham. It 1) ……is…….. pouring …(pour) with rain, and I
2) …………………..(not/have got) any money.
Bob: What 3) ………………………..(you/want) me to do about it?
Ted: Could you come and pick me up?
Bob: Ted, you 4) ……………………………..(always/ask) me to do this! 5) …………….. (get)
tired of it.
Ted: Please, Dad. I am tired and hungry. My evening classes 6) …………(start) at 7.00 and I
have to be there on time. Can’t Mum come and get me?
Bob: The Smiths 7) ………………………..(visit) us tonight and she is busy in kitchen. She
8) ………………. (bake) a cake at the moment.
Ted: Please Dad. I 9) …………………… (ask) you to do this for me one last time. The success
of my presentation tonight 10) …………………….. (depend) on you.
Bob: OK. I’ll be there in half an hour. But this is the last time. I 11) …………………. (mean) it!
Which of the present forms in the dialogue above are to express:
1. changing or developing situations
2. states (stative verbs)
3. frequently repeated actions with “always” expressing annoyance
4. actins happening at the moment of speaking
5. timetables/programmes (future meaning)
6. fixed arrangements in the near future
Stative Verbs
· mental & emotional states:
| to believe to prefer to doubt to realise to recognize to suppose to imagine to remember to see*(understand) | верить предпочитать сомневаться понимать, осознавать осознавать предполать представлять помнить понимать | to (dis)like to feel*(have an opinion) to love to want to hate to wish to understand to know to consider | (не) нравиться полагать, считать любить хотеть ненавидеть желать, хотеть понимать знать считать |
· use of the senses:
| to appear to seem to hear to smell | казаться казаться слышать иметь запах | to look (seem) to sound to see to taste | казаться звучать видеть иметь вкус |
· other:
| to agree on/with to belong to to consist of to deny to contain to depend on to impress to deserve to fit to mean to include to involve to be | соглашаться принадлежать состоять из отрицать содержать в себе, включать зависеть от впечатлять заслуживать подходить значить, иметь в виду включать включать в себя, содержать быть | to please to lack to matter to promise to need to owe to satisfy to own to possess to surprise to weigh* to require | радовать, доставлять удовольствие не хватать, нуждаться иметь значение; значить обещать нуждаться быть должным, владеть удовлетворять владеть обладать удивлять весить требовать |
State verb or action verb?
Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the verb in brackets in the Present Simple or Present Continuous Tense. Remember that we often use can with verbs of sense.
1. I’m afraid Ms. Daniela is out of the office. She ________________ lunch with a visitor.(have)
2. What ________________ of your government’s policy on education? (you, think)
3. I ________________ the union representative tomorrow morning. (see)
4. How ________________ about using a different advertising agency this time? (you, feel)
5. You’re not wearing your glasses! __________________ without them? (you, see)
6. You look very serious. What __________________ about? (you, think)
7. This dessert ________________ really delicious. (taste) Did you make it yourself?
8. I _________________ something burning. (smell) Have you switched the cooker off?
9. This suitcase _________________ over 30 kilos. (weigh) That’s too much!
10. I ________________ what you mean. It certainly is a difficult problem! (see)
11. I ________________ this soup to see if it needs salt. (taste)
12. _________________ what I’m trying to explain? (you, understand)
13. This phone line’s very bad. ______________________ what I’m saying? (you, hear)
14. I _________________ really tired today. (feel) I must try to get to bed earlier tonight.
15. Could I borrow your calculator if you __________________ it at the moment? (not need)
Дата добавления: 2015-11-16; просмотров: 590 | Нарушение авторских прав
| <== предыдущая страница | | | следующая страница ==> |
| Stative Verbs | | | State verbs in the continuous form |