This lesson contains 13 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Program
1. Quick warming up
2. Finish your grammar/vocab planner
3. Independent practice
4. Quizlet Live - vocab
Slide 2 - Slide
I ... (search) for hours but I haven't found my phone yet.
A
have searched
B
have been searching
Slide 3 - Quiz
State and dynamic verbs
State verbs
Stative verbs do NOT refer to a physical action; they express a state or condition (things that are permanent; things that don't have a beginning or end). Some examples of stative verbs are: like, love, believe, know, understand, have (when it means to own), prefer, hate.
Slide 4 - Slide
State and dynamic verbs
Dynamic verbs
In English grammar, a dynamic verb is a verb used primarily to indicate an action, process, or sensation as opposed to a state.
Slide 5 - Slide
State verbs are usually not used with the present continuous tense.
A
True
B
False
Slide 6 - Quiz
The soup ... great!
A
is tasting
B
tastes
Slide 7 - Quiz
The waiter ... the wine now.
A
tastes
B
is tasting
Slide 8 - Quiz
Verb patterns
In English, we have many rules when it comes to using two verbs together in the same phrase. Verb patterns are the way you are going to use the second verb when it is dependent on the first verb.