1. Stative State Verbs
Some verbs are only (or mostly) used in simple tenses, and are not used in continuous tenses. These verbs are called Stative or State Verbs.
Often stative verbs are about mental, emotional states, possesions, perceptions and likes and dislikes, not about an action.

2. Common Nonprogressive verbs
Mental State.
Know She knows the answer
Imagine I imagine you must be tired.
Understand I don’t understand this question.
Recognize…………………….. I didn’t recognize my old friend
Believe They believe in Aliens.
Suppose I suppose you want a new candy.
Remember………………………He didn’t remember my name.
Want I want to go to the cinema tonight.
Wish ………………. I wish I had studied more.
Mean ……………………………. What do you mean?
Prefer I prefer chocolate ice cream.

3. Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:
BE is usually a stative verb, but when it is used in the continuous it means ‘behaving’ or ‘acting’
You are stupid = it’s part of your personality
You are being stupid = only now, not usually
(foolish, nice, kind, lazy, patient, silly, rude, polite)

4. Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:
Have
have (stative) = own
I have a car
have (dynamic) = part of an expression
I’m having a party / a picnic / a bath / a good time / a break / trouble

5. Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:
see
see (stative) = see with your eyes / understand
I see what you mean
I see her now, she’s just coming along the road
see (dynamic) = meet / have a relationship with
I’ve been seeing my boyfriend for three years
I’m seeing Robert tomorrow
The doctor is seeing a patient.

6. Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:
taste (also: smell, feel, look)
taste (stative) = has a certain taste
This soup tastes great.
She looks cold. I’ll lend her my coat.
These flowers smell good.
The cat’s fur feels soft.
Taste/ smell / feel / look (dynamic)=the action of……
The chef is tasting the soup.
Don is smelling the roses.
She is looking out the window.
Danny is feeling the cat’s fur.

7. Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:
think
think (stative) = have an opinion
I think that coffee is great.
think (dynamic) = consider, have in my head
what are you thinking about? I’m thinking about my next holiday.
I am thinking about stative verbs. It is easy.

8. Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:
Weigh
Weigh (stative) = to have a heaviness of a stated amount
A piano is heavy. It weighs a lot.
Weigh (dynamic) = The action of weighing
The grocer is weighing the bananas.