11 96 Verbs and their meaning Dynamic and stative verbs: Examples Dynamic verbs express actions and can be used in the simple and the progressive form. Stative verbs describe a state and are normally only used in the simple form. Write the following verbs into the appropriate column. 3 call drive find imagine know like read realise study tell think travel understand want Dynamic verbs Stative verbs 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. 6. 6. 7. 7. Dynamic and stative verbs: Simple or continuous? Circle the right tense form in the following text. One day I was reading / read 1 a book about exotic holidays, when I was suddenly realising / suddenly realised 2 that I had been finding / had found 3 my perfect holiday destination. I was knowing / knew 4 immediately that this was the place I was wanting / wanted 5 to see. I was really liking / really liked 6 it because of the nice pictures in the book. I was calling / called 7 a friend of mine to tell her about this fantastic place, an island in the Caribbean. She was imagining / imagined 8 that we would go there together. She was thinking / thought 9 that was the reason for calling her. However, she had not been understanding / had not understood 10 me correctly. When she was telling / told 11 me that she was happy to come with me I had to tell her that I was wanting / wanted 12 to go there on my own. Years later she was contacting /contacted 13 me while I was travelling / travelled 14 on my own again and was telling / told 15 me that she was understanding /understood 16 me now. 4 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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