📘 Action Verbs vs. State Verbs

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✅ Action Verbs

Action verbs describe things we do — physical or mental activities.

🧍 Examples of Action Verbs:

• run
• eat
• write
• play
• speak
• study
• think (as in “I’m thinking about it.”)

✍️ Example Sentences:

• She is running in the park.
• I play the guitar.
• They are studying for the test.

✅ Action verbs can be used in continuous tenses (e.g., Present Continuous):

He is eating lunch.

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🧠 State Verbs (Stative Verbs)

State verbs describe a condition, feeling, opinion, or possession — something that does not change quickly or is not an action.

📋 Common Categories:

Category	Examples
Emotion	love, like, hate, prefer
Possession	have, own, belong
Thought	know, believe, remember, think*
Senses	see, hear, smell, taste
Existence	be, seem, appear

🔸 *“Think” can be both action and state verb:

• State: I think it’s a good idea.
• Action: I am thinking about dinner.*

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⚠️ State Verbs are usually NOT used in continuous tenses.

❌ Incorrect:

• ❌ I am loving this song.

✅ Correct:

• ✅ I love this song.

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📝 Mixed Verbs (Both Action and State)

Some verbs can be both action and state, depending on the meaning.

Verb	As a State Verb	As an Action Verb
have	I have a car. (possess)	I am having lunch. (eating)
see	I see your point.	I am seeing the doctor today.
think	I think you’re right.	I am thinking about a solution.
taste	This soup tastes good.	She is tasting the soup now.