Stative Verbs in Continuous Form Basic English Grammar
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week we are going to talk about stative
verbs in the continuous tense so this is
a grammar point many of you have asked
about so this week I’m going to first
explain what our stative verbs and what
our dynamic verbs then I’m going to talk
about why we use these verbs in the
progressive form or the continuous form
I’m going to share some example
sentences that use some different
grammar patterns so that you can maybe
get some ideas for how to use it and
then I’m going to talk about using the
verbs being and having so there are lots
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today’s lesson is about stative verbs in
the continuous tense
so today the lesson title uses
continuous yes continuous it’s ok
progressive is also ok there are these
two words we use to express the ing form
so continuous form this is the I and G
form of a verb so I’ll use progressive
and continuous to mean this today first
I want to begin with an explanation what
is a stative verb what’s a stative verb
so you can probably see here maybe and
this word stative there’s kind of this
root this base here state so a stative
verb is used to describe a status a
state a condition so it’s you can
imagine it’s something that we choose so
we use stative verbs to express things
like our emotions we use them for
emotions for feelings for our mental
state so like things that we feel or
things like words we use to describe
thinking and so on so these are stative
verbs this is different from a dynamic
verb so a dynamic verb describes an
I’m doing something for example I’m
teaching I’m talking those are actions
things I’m doing a stative verb
some examples are down here are like
like and love need and so on these are
called stative verbs and yes there are
some verbs that can be used as stated
and dynamic verbs there are some okay
onto this last point here stative verbs
are usually used in present tense so
present tense this means like the
infinitive form so as I said like or
love we usually do not use stative verbs
in the ing form the inga form but there
are some cases where we do so that’s
going to be the focus of today’s lesson
I have slowed down my speaking
considerably I’m slowing I’m slowing
down a lot today yes because there are
some big vocabulary words okay so as I
said some examples of these stative
verbs examples of stative verbs are
these these are some emotion or feeling
related words so I talked about like and
love these are very common examples need
I mentioned to need to want to sound to
sound here sound this is used as a verb
for example in the expression sounds
good that sounds good so sound is a
stative verb we can use it as a stative
verb these three here these are also
stative verbs be have and think so at
the end of today’s lesson I’m going to
focus on B and
and using being and having as many
students have questions about these
points so these are stative verbs we use
them as I said for our emotions or
mental state
so why progressive why should we use
this ing form what’s the reason for this
why so we use the progressive the ING
with these verbs to show a temporary
condition so temporary means for a short
time only so for example when I say like
I am teaching now teaching is the
progressive form that’s a temporary
condition it’s only in this moment in
one hour I will not be teaching so we
use ing forms to talk about like a
short-term or temporary conditions
temporary statuses so with state of
sorry with stative verbs we’re using
them in the progressive tense the ing
form to show a temporary state so I’ll
show you some examples in part two of
today’s lesson so but let’s let’s kind
of warm up with miss comparison then so
let’s compare these two sentences so
this sentence I like baseball this is
the simple present tense sentence like
is one of my stative verbs like here is
simple present tense so as I said we
usually use these in present tense very
common sentence I like baseball
however let’s compare to this it says
I’ve been liking baseball lately so this
sentence shows a temporary condition
there’s a big
right here lately means recently so in
like the recent past or in these last
few days of the last few weeks
recently lately this part I have been
liking so in this case this is a present
perfect progressive sentence I’ve been
liking baseball lately so what’s the
difference between these two I like
baseball is a simple fact so that’s like
saying it’s my hobby
or maybe I’ve enjoyed that since I was a
little kid I like baseball fact fine
this sentence however I’ve been liking
baseball lately means in this like
recent past so very recently or this is
something that is temporary maybe next
month I will hate baseball
I don’t know but this sentence shows us
a temporary condition we use the ing
form the progressive or the continuous
form to express this and sometimes we
use these hint words I’ve been liking
baseball lately so this is the base for
today’s lesson I’m going to take a break
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but this is actually about music I chose
this one because on the back here there
are these expressions for talking about
music like I love music I like this song
these are stative verbs I just mentioned
so I’m going to talk later in this
lesson about describing things you’ve
liked recently so you can use some of
these patterns in the progressive tense
and then the same thing this says like
romance in love but you can use some of
these expressions on the back again
these stative verbs appear sorry it’s
hard to see it says I like your
hairstyle for example but you can use I
like your something so again that’s a
stative verb but you can change it to
the progressive tense and make a
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subject is stative verbs in continuous
or progressive form to begin today’s
lesson I talked about stative verbs what
are they so if you missed it you can go
back and watch but for now I’m going to
go to part two of today’s lesson right
here I want to introduce some example
sentences I’m going to share a few
different grammar patterns some are
simple some are more complex but I want
to show you how we use how native
speakers use something like this so
let’s take a look first one this is a
simple expression I’m liking this I’m
liking this so here my stative verb is
like like so we use I’m liking this for
something that we usually have recently
learned about so for example you are at
a party and it seems good you just
arrived at the party and people are
having a good time there’s nice music
there’s nice food people are friendly
and you might say to your friend I’m
liking this I’m liking this so why do we
use progressive why liking why not I
like this we use this part ing to show
it’s temporary like maybe in the future
in this party I won’t like something
that happened so it suggests it’s a
continuing feeling maybe it’s going to
stop at some point in the future
excuse me if you feel like confident wow
I really like this place or I really
like this party then you can communicate
that slightly stronger more like factual
feeling with I like so I’m liking this
it’s a temporary condition a temporary
status so maybe if you’re watching in
the in the chat right now and if you’re
enjoying a lesson you can say I’m liking
this lesson so far so that shows that up
until this point you are like enjoying
the lesson so you can say I like this
lesson that’s good too
liking shows something is unfinished
there’s a chance it may stop your
feeling may stop in the future okay good
so and if you have questions let me know
I’m trying to check the chat I don’t see
anything okay let’s continue second
example this is sounding good this is
sounding good so here is my verb sound
sound is my verb my stative verb
sounding good when would we use this so
let’s imagine here you are you are
making music I know not everybody plays
an instrument let’s imagine you’re
making music with your friends or with
your band for example you’re creating
something new and you think wow this is
sounding good which means in this moment
this thing we made this song it sounds
good now so it’s sounding really good so
again in this situation it’s like you
made something it’s new and in this
moment it seems good it’s sounding good
now maybe in the future that will change
but in this moment it’s good so you want
to communicate that temporary feeling
this
sounding good this is sounding good so
we would use this as I said if we’re
like making music or you’re creating
something to listen to you would use
this is sounding good or maybe if you’re
checking you’re checking the audio I’d
like a music venue like this is sounding
good you might use it there so again
when you want to express more confidence
for example when your friend gives you
an idea for the weekend let’s go to the
mountains oh yeah that sounds good that
sounds good so more confident not
temporary okay nice hey some of you
wrote I’m liking this lesson thank you
nice okay um good good good some some
people wrote yeah Akilah wrote I’m
liking your method cool that’s nice so
so far so far I like your method that’s
the feeling that using progressive tense
gives us okay let’s go on to this next
one okay challenge I included this
because this is maybe a difficult
sometimes use of the progressive or
continuous form of a verb so here let’s
read the sentence is he keeps needing
help
with simple tasks he keeps needing help
with simple tasks so one use of the
continuous form is with the verb keeps
or always to express a complaint to
express a complaint so this is one
example of something like that
so here need is my stative verb usually
we use this in simple present tense but
when you want to make a complaint as we
have here you can use the verb in the
progressive form okay oh we have a
question from Instagram thanks control
this can I say I’m liking your
explanation yeah yeah that’s okay I
would be careful I’m liking your
explanation I’m liking your lesson is
okay if you are participating in the
chat like live now it doesn’t it’s
because it’s temporary it’s something
that’s continuing so yes it’s okay to do
if you’re like interacting live now so
why keeps with s because my subject is
he he when my subject is he she or it I
need to conjugate my verb in this case
keep keep is a regular verb so he keeps
keeps is with a simple s addition when
my subject is he or she or it okay so
needing so he keeps needing we attach a
verb in the progressive tense to make a
complaint so this is one example of
where we could use progressive form or
continuous form with a stative verb so
another way to say this is he always
needs help with simple tasks he always
needs help with simple tasks another way
to express this is with the continuous
form
he keeps needing help with simple tasks
this means it’s a regular action and
it’s a complaint this is a complaint
pattern someone says I’m disliking your
quality of video well that’s the
situation okay someone says how can I
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next one is we’ve been loving this show
lately we’ve been loving this show
lately so we have this big hint word I
talked about the first part of the
lesson lately and we have this present
perfect progressive form we’ve been
loving this show lately so that shows
that in the recent past starting at a
point in the recent past and continuing
to now the conversation during this time
period we have continuously enjoyed this
show so we can say we’ve been loving
this show lately again it sounds like
maybe in the future I won’t like this
show or we won’t be so excited about it
but recently we are loving this show so
again a temporary condition okay um
let’s see
keep oh oh keep isn’t an irregular verb
past tense is irregular yes kept kept
but for when I said when I said regular
verb I meant it just takes a simple s
there sorry if I that was confusing okay
let’s go on to the last one then oh
sorry two more again here I’m using a
present perfect progressive so I’ve been
wanting I’ve been wanting this is one
I’ve seen many people ask questions
about I’ve been wanting to do something
why do we use I’ve been wanting why not
I want to so both sentences are correct
I want to see that movie
is correct I’ve been wanting to see that
movie is correct what’s the difference
so I’ve been wanting I will draw a small
diagram here we can see it yeah
so let’s imagine you learned about
here’s the past you learned about the
new spider-man movies did I talk about
this last week spider-man I feel like I
did like it talked about spider-man I
don’t know anyway
let’s say you learned about the new I
did the new spider-man movie at this
point in the past so here you saw you
saw a preview for the movie yeah sorry
you saw a preview for the movie and you
thought whoa I want to see that movie
and then you waited and waited and
waited and now we’re having this
conversation here like now and it this
time you didn’t see the movie but you
thought I want to see that movie I want
to see that movie I really want to see
that movie
but you still have not seen the movie in
this case we would use I’ve been wanting
to see that movie to describe this
feeling of continuing I wore I’ve really
been wanting to see that movie so this
expresses our continuing desire I’ve
been wanting to see that so you can’t
say yes
I want to see that movie this though
shows that it’s been it started in the
past and continues to the present nice
examples I’ve been wanting to read that
book good I’ve been wanting to go
traveling around the world nice I want
to see the movie also okay I’ve been
loving your teaching I’ve been wanting
to see motivational videos interesting
the deed okay but I have to go to the
next one I’m running
time this one then finally he was being
so this is our final point in today’s
lesson he was being punished for in Erik
not so here we see this this is a past
progressive passive statement he was
being punished for in error this is key
this top-down thought this sort of
sentence shows us an unfinished action
he was being punished for an error when
management realized someone else caused
the problem so we use sentences like
this for interrupted actions as well
this is another situation where we would
use the ing form in this case beat so
I’m going to talk about being in the
last part of today’s lesson so I will
take one more small break and then we’ll
finish with our last two points so I
hope that’s helpful nice examples
everybody I’ve been wanting to take an
intensive English course cool if I say I
have been waiting what does it mean it
means you started waiting in the past
and you waited and waited and waited and
waited and waited and then there was
something else that happened so that
would be a past perfect progressive or
yeah past perfect progressive sentence
so this is a present perfect progressive
diagram past perfect would mean the
whole thing moves over here everything
is in the past okay I have to go to my
break so I showed you I think yeah I
showed you these two PDFs earlier but I
wanted to pick a couple more to
introduce
which was the shopping one okay yeah I’m
two more sorry the shopping pedia
where we use verbs like like and need
and want a lot and the business PDF so
these are again two situations when
shopping for things and when discussing
things at work where you would need to
use grammar such as this so for example
these on the back this is the business
pedia on the back here there are phrases
for a business meeting but as I talked
about blurry sorry as I talked about
earlier in the lesson this is a
situation a business meeting where you
might use today’s grammar like I’m
liking the sound of this
for example Oh back here okay thanks so
that’s a situation where you might use
this grammar so this PDF the business
PDF has some business related situations
and then someone wrote about
motivational things in the facebook chat
their motivational workload it’s on the
back here too that you can use for
studying okay so there’s that and I also
quickly showed the shopping PDF on the
back there’s a list of verbs that you
can use that are shopping related some
of these are stative verbs like have
have is a good one have is here and so
is like so these others are dynamic
verbs okay we’ll finish that break there
so let’s finish today’s lesson I’m going
to conclude today’s lesson with these
two quick points about B and
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focus now on using the verb being being
so what is the difference between be and
being why should I use this verb in
progressive tense I don’t understand I
have these two examples these two pairs
of examples to look at so both of these
these follow the same pattern we have a
simple present tense statement and a
progressive stance statement let’s look
at this first one the first example
sentence is he’s weird he’s weird and so
let’s not worry about this about if this
is a rude comment or not but let’s use
this as an example sentence weird
by the way weird means strange someone
who is not normal my god that guy’s
weird she’s weird he’s weird he is weird
so I’m using the reduced form here he’s
weird
the second sentence progressive he is
being weird
he’s being weird so what’s the
difference here maybe you can see based
on what we’ve learned in this lesson so
far he’s weird is a simple statement of
fact
like he is always weird maybe that’s
just what kind of person he is he’s
weird he’s being weird refers to a
temporary condition so maybe right now
he’s in a strange mood or he didn’t
sleep enough or he’s really upset are
really unhappy or maybe he’s really
nervous so he’s being weird he’s being
weird
is not forever it’s only for this point
in time so this is a great example he’s
weird he’s being weird
these communicate two very different
things with one word difference he’s
being weird let’s look at one more
example same idea your dogs are stupid
so stupid means they are not smart they
are not smart so it’s a very rude word
don’t call people stupid that’s not good
so the other example is here dogs are
being stupid your dogs are being stupid
so doing something that’s not smart very
dumb what’s the difference again your
dogs are stupid this is a simple
statement of fact
so maybe the dogs I don’t know have very
strange behavior the dogs don’t
understand like how to go outside or the
dogs make a mess all the time like they
don’t have good training for example
this is a general fact about the
listener’s dogs this is rude example
second though your dogs are being stupid
again this is a temporary condition so
right now like the dogs maybe the dogs
have lots of energy and they’re going
crazy like your dogs are being stupid so
being here before our adjective shows a
temporary state so this is a key point
temporary state is shown with being so
also keep in mind the adjectives that we
use here I’ve chosen weird and stupid
for these so these are status related
these are verbs or sorry these are
adjectives that can change depending on
a situation we cannot use this with an
adjective that like does not change for
example tall like I’m not tall I can’t
say like that’s not something I can
change so a sentence like oh he’s being
tall is
correct it’s totally not correct your
adjectives should be something that can
change it’s like something you can
choose something you can will so you
cannot use this with an adjective that
is not changeable in some way okay
so let’s finish today’s lesson with this
last point using having having here
again two pairs
I had a great time and I’m having a
great time so here I’m using half in a
set expression to have a great time or
to have a good time the difference here
I had a great time it’s a simple past
tense expression I’m having a great time
means right now in this moment I’m at a
party I’m having a great time so if you
want to express it like an experience
you are in now you can use I am having a
great time or I’m having a bad time too
maybe you are I don’t know I’m having a
great time I’m having a good time
okay so nice examples there my aunt is
being extremely clever oh she’s not
usually clever so keep in mind when you
use this temporary being thing you’re
also saying usually this person is not
this adjective so if you say my aunt is
being extremely clever it also sounds
like whoa she’s not usually extremely
clever last point sorry I have to finish
we had some trouble with this and I’m
having some trouble with this again
simple past statement we had some
trouble progressive statement I’m having
trouble so remember we use half in these
set expressions like these to mean
experience I’m experiencing trouble I’m
having trouble so having means now
currently temporarily do I’m having
trouble okay good okay I have to finish
there because I’m late sorry
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Wow the month is already almost over
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build your vocabulary or like how are
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