Hi. I'm Rebecca from www.engvid.com, and this
lesson is about stative verbs. Today I'll explain what stative verbs are,
how to use them, and how not to use them. Specifically, we'll be looking at twelve important
stative verbs, and I'll show you how to stop making mistakes with those commonly used verbs,
and how to start using them correctly and confidently. Okay? So, let's get started. All right, so first of all, when we're talking
about verbs in English, there are many ways to classify them. Okay? You probably know some of these already; like,
for example, we talk about verbs as being regular and irregular, or transitive and intransitive. And today what we'll be looking at is the
fact that verbs are also divided according to whether they are dynamic or stative. Okay? Now, what does that mean? Most verbs in English are what we call "dynamic". That means that they refer to actions. All right? But "stative" verbs refer to states or conditions. So, let's look at the difference. The dynamic verbs refer to actions. For example: "run" or "play, or "work" and
"learn", or "eat" and "drink". Right? These are actions. And what's important with these dynamic verbs,
which are most of the verbs in English-all right?-is that we can use them in all the
tenses. That means we can use them in the simple tenses,
we can use them in the continuous tenses, or we can use them with the perfect tenses. All right? So these verbs you can use in all of the wonderful
tenses of English that you know. All right? For example, I could say: "I work" or "I worked";
"I am working" or "I was working"; or "I have worked" or "I have been working". Right? I can use it in the simple tense or the continuous
tense - no problem. But what happens when we get to the stative
verbs, and this is the main mistake that people make, is that because it refers to a state
or condition, we cannot use it with all the tenses; we can only use these verbs in anything
but the continuous. So, we can use it with the simple tense or
with the perfect tense, but not in a continuous form. Okay? Let me give you the examples. So, examples of a stative verbs... Verb is: "know". Okay? "I know", "I understand", "I believe". I can say that, but I should not be saying
and cannot say in correct English: "I am knowing". Okay? No continuous forms. And this is where the majority of mistakes
are made, because first of all, in many languages they are no different verb tenses; there's
no simple and continuous at all, so there's only one present tense, for example. So... Or one past tense, and that's what causes
the difficulty sometimes in English between these simple tenses and continuous tenses. Okay? And especially in this section, because these
stative verbs are never allowed to be used in the continuous form. Okay? And I'm going to make your life easier because
I am today just focusing on these stative verbs that we can never use in the continuous
form. Okay? So, these are the ones. Now look at some examples of what we can say
with them. We can say, for example: "I know", "I knew",
"I have known", "I had known". Right? Simple, past, perfect tenses here-okay?-but
no continuous tenses. All right? Now, just for you to know, there are also
some verbs-okay?-not too many, a few, maybe... Which are a little bit more difficult. All right? Why? Because those verbs can sometimes be used
in a dynamic way, and then we can use them with all the tenses, and sometimes they can
be used in a stative way. Way. And therefore we cannot use them in the continuous. And these are sort of the most difficult ones
of the lot; we're not going to talk about them today. That's another lesson, okay? So you have to pay special attention to these,
which could be used both ways, but today I'm going to make your life very easy because
we're just going to focus on the twelve stative verbs... Not the twelve, but twelve out of many, which
we can only use in the stative form. Okay? So, let's look at what those verbs are. Okay, so one thing I want to mention is: If
you look up this subject in a standard grammar textbook or even online, usually they just
divide these verbs into two: Dynamic and stative. Okay? But the problem is then under the stative
they mix up the ones which are always stative, and the ones which are sometimes stative and
sometimes dynamic. And that's why I separated them into three
categories: The verbs which are always dynamic, the words which are... The verbs which are always stative, and a
few verbs which we didn't cover and we're not going to cover in this lesson, but which
you know that there are some that can sometimes be stative and sometimes be dynamic. Okay? Now, if you want to know about these, I have
written a list or a resource for you with the stative verbs and also with those exceptions
that can sometimes be stative and sometimes be dynamic with explanations. Okay? So later you can go to our website and download
that list if you like, and that will help you. It's a good reference for you to have on hand. And also you can go through the list and see:
"Oh my gosh, yeah, I didn't know that was a stative verb; I used to say that in the
continuous form." And that's what you're not going to do anymore. Okay? But now let's look at twelve, plus two bonus
verbs, that are never used in the continuous form. So in case you are using them that way, it's
not going to happen anymore. Okay? Let's look at what they are. All right. So, I've written all the stative verbs in
red. Okay? So, let's give an example. You can say: "I love chocolate", but not:
"I'm loving". Okay? Now, I'm not going to say the wrong one for
you; I'm just going to say the right one. All right? So you can hear and repeat after me the correct
form. Okay? "I love chocolate." The next one: "I like that show." You can say it after me. I'm going to say: "I" before all of these. Okay? Ready? "I hate cleaning." That's not true, but maybe some people don't
like cleaning. "I need a ride." Okay? Not the continuous form. "I know her.", "I understand French." Okay? Not the continuous. No continuous here. And an extra one: "I own a car." Okay? Not that continuous form. Next, let's look at some other verbs. These are the very common words, right? "Love", "like", "hate", "need", "know", "understand",
"own". Very common words, okay? But now let's look at some other words, and
slightly more advanced words, but also words which are very commonly used. For example, we should say: "I appreciate
your offer." Or: "I prefer Chinese food." Okay? Repeat it after me because one way of learning
is not just to read it and not just to hear it, but also to hear yourself saying it and
to say it yourself so your mouth gets used to saying the right thing. Okay? Next: "I dislike horror movies.", "I believe
you." Okay? "I realize I was wrong." What does it mean "to realize" something? It's like to suddenly understand. Okay? To understand that something is true. "I realize I was wrong." Not the continuous form. No continuous forms with any of these stative
verbs. Right. "I recognize him." What does it mean "to recognize" someone? To be able to identify that that is that person. Okay? "I recognize him." Or it can even also recognize a thing. "I recognize that backpack. I think it's his." Okay? To identify that something belongs to someone
or that somebody is someone. Okay? And the last one here: "I belong to that club." Okay? And, again, "belong" in this context means... It means I'm a member. Okay? I'm a member of that club. All right? So, let's say these again: "I appreciate",
"I prefer", "I dislike", "I believe", "I realize", "I recognize", "I belong". Okay? So, you've just learned fourteen stative verbs
that you will always from now on never use in the continuous form. You can use them in the simple form - that
means you can use them in the present or the past; and you can also use them in the perfect
form, like for example: "I have done something" or "I had done something". Okay? All right. So, what you could do is choose one of these
words that maybe in the past you were making a mistake-all right?-and leave a comment for
us. Go to our website: www.engvid.com. Go there, leave a comment. Practice using one of these words. And also you could, while you're there, download
that resource I was telling you about; that list with the stative verbs so that you know
all of the stative verbs that exist, and also the ones which are the exceptions; the ones
where you have to be really careful. Right? And they're very common, too, like: "have",
and "be", and "think". So learn how to use those; I've explained
it there on the resource. And don't forget to do the quiz so that you
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of your friends speaking this way or writing this way - do them a favour, all right? Point it out to them. Tell them to watch the video so they understand,
too, and then you and your friends can be speaking and writing more correctly. All right? Thanks very much for watching. Bye for now, and all the best with your English.
