English Verb Tenses Up Close by Mark Lester

Author:Mark Lester
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2012-04-12T04:00:00+00:00

In the dynamic verb sentence, appear means “play a role.” In the stative verb sentence, appear means “seem to other people.” As we would expect, the dynamic verb use is grammatical in the present progressive tense, while the stative verb use is not:

In the dynamic verb sentence, the subject Jerome is an agent performing the action of the verb appear. In the stative verb sentence, the same subject is not doing anything. Instead, the sentence comments on how the subject Jerome seems to other people.

EXERCISE 10.1

Each of the following items has two sentences, one with a stative verb and one with a dynamic verb. Relying solely on the relationship between the subject and the verb, identify which verb is the stative verb and which is the dynamic verb. The stative verb will describe the nature of the subject; the dynamic verb will carry out the action of the subject. Confirm your answers by using both sentences in the present progressive tense. The first sentence is done as an example.

The children always like to play outside.

The children always ask to play outside.

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