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Unit 8 Literature Grammar Focus state verbs and activity verbs 动作动词与状态动词 英语动词按其是否可以用于进行时态的语义特征,分为动作动词和状态动词。大量的动词是表示动作的,可以用于进行时态。有一些动词是表示状态的,不能用于进行时态。还有不少动词,兼有动作和状态两种特性,而其含义是不同的。 Think and answer the following questions. What’s the difference between simple tense and continuous tense? What kind of verbs can not be used in continuous tense? What are activity verbs and state verbs? Activity verbs describe activities and can be used in simple and continuous tenses. State verbs describe states and are not used in continuous tenses. Applying and Practicing lie have hear find watch stare notice count fall sail drop open remain visit wonder encourage Only in simple tenses In both simple and continuous tenses hear, find, notice, remain lie, have, watch, stare, count, fall, sail, drop, open, visit, wonder, encourage Can you add other verbs to each column? Look at the following verbs. Which verbs can be used in both simple and continuous tenses? Which can be used only in simple tenses? Applying and Practicing a The coffee tastes awful. b We have breakfast very early. c They feel they need more time. d I have a serious headache. e She thinks about her mother a lot. Which sentences cannot be changed into the present continuous tense? taste: verb related to sense feel: verb related to activities of the mind Applying and Practicing 1 I’m loving the painting you bought yesterday. 2 Dad is lying on the bed now. 3 We are noticing the changes in the experiment. 4 He’s having a bath. 5 Why is he staring at me? 6 Where did he drop his suitcase? Which of the following sentences are wrong? Correct the wrong ones. I love the painting you bought yesterday. We noticed the changes in the experiment. Which of the following sentences are wrong? Correct the wrong ones and think about the reason of your answers. I’m loving the painting you bought yesterday. Why is he staring at me? We are noticing the changes in the experiment. I love the painting you bought yesterday. We noticed the changes in