Unit 1 - Stative verbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Spoorboekje lesson 1

Klassikaal / in groepjes

• quiz vocabulary related to personality 
• uitleg stative verbs vs action verbs (SB p. 12)
• SB p. 12+13 ex 1-6 (???)
  

Individual work time 

• worksheet 'state vs action verbs' 
• SB p. 12+13 ex 1-6 
  

Lesson goal: at the end of the lesson you will be able to

- distinguish between state and action verbs and 

- complete sentences in the correct tense using the state & action verbs

Verbs are divided into 3 types

Action > dynamic: 

• jump 
• eat
• cry 

all tenses:

> simple

> continuous

> perfect

both 

• think 
• have
• feel

Stative > condition

• know
• understand
• believe 

NOT continuous

> I know

> I knew

> I have know 

> I had known

X I am knowing

Stative verbs 

- not action / active 

- (rule!) cannot use 'to be' with stative verbs

• Feelings / emotions: love, hate, like
• Senses: hear, see, feel, smell, sound (tricky!)
• Thinking: forget, remember, be, know, understand, imagine
• Belongings: own, have, belong

state verbs

Independent worktime

1. Do SB p.12+13 ex.1-6
2. Worksheet in SOM: state vs action verbs
   
3. Challenge: find one or two advertisement(s) that disregard(s) this grammar rule. 

Check understanding

This document is in SOM. 

1. Vakken > Engels
2. Extra grammar practice
3. State vs action verbs quiz

Moment of choice - Independent worktime 

1. Worksheet in SOM - State vs action verbs
2. SB p. 12+13
3. Check answers SB > use handout in SOM.
4. Extra practice: SOM > Vakken > Engels > Bijlagen > extra grammar practice years 1 and 2

Spoorboekje lesson 2

Uitleg 

• Discuss special cases: sense verbs 
• Worksheet State vs Action verbs Individual work time 

• Extra practice in SOM
• Online workbook Grammar in Context

  

Lesson goal: at the end of the lesson you will be able to

- distinguish between state and action verbs and  

- complete sentences in the correct tense using the state & action verbs

Special cases: sense verbs

Can be used as both a state verb and an action verb because they each have two different meanings.

No action/a condition/ a state

This smells bad

This tastes salty

I feel sick. 

Action / happening now

I am smelling my armpits

I am tasting the coffee. 

I am feeling the top of the desk.

Special cases:  the verb think

Can be used as both a state verb and an action verb because they each have two different meanings.

No action/a condition/ a state

I think pink is cute colour.

> belief, or an opinion. 

Action / happening now

I am thinking of the answer

> using my brain to try and find the answer

Special cases:  the verb have

Can be used as both a state verb and an action verb because they each have two different meanings.

No action/a condition/ a state

I have a pen

> possession. 

idioms that are actions

I am having a baby 

> to give birth

I am having a party

> to host a party

We are having trouble

> to have difficulty with sth

Check your understanding

1. I ___ (know) the answer. 
2. The child ___ (look) at the TV show now. 
3. This cake ____ (taste) delicious.
4. My father ____ (not/own) a car.
5. I ___ (wear) a blue sweater today.
6. Jane ____ (seem) a little angry today. 
7. People ___ (do) yoga in the park across the street right now. 
8. Chantal ___ (think) that English is easy.  

Check your understanding - Answers

1. I know the answer. 
2. The child is looking at the TV show now. 
3. This cake tastes delicious.
4. My father doesn't own a car.
5. I am wearing a blue sweater today.
6. Jane seems a little angry today. 
7. People are doing yoga in the park across the street right now. 
8. Chantal thinks that English is easy.  

Check: goal achieved ?

 Can you

- distinguish between state and action verbs and   

- complete 3 sentences in the correct tense using the state & action verbs