Present · Verb Type

Dynamic Actions; Stative Conditions

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Dynamic · action

run · eat · write · build · drive

Continuous possible

I am running. · She is writing.

Stative · condition

want · know · like · love · need · believe · understand

Standard pattern

I know the answer. · not “I am knowing the answer.”

Ask whether you can watch the event unfold. Dynamic actions can be continuous; states usually remain simple.

Los verbos de estado normalmente se quedan en simple.

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Tips

Dynamic Actions; Stative Conditions

  1. Pregunta si puedes observar el evento desarrollarse. Run y write son acciones dinámicas; know y want describen estados.
  2. Los stative verbs normalmente permanecen en simple aunque la condición sea actual.
  3. Di “I know the answer,” no “I am knowing the answer.”