ACTION OR NON-ACTION VERBS

RECORDANDO CUANDO SE USA EL PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Se usa:

1.     Acciones que están ocurriendo en el momento de hablar.

        I'm cooking a delicious apple cake now

2.      Una actividad en progreso pero que no está ocurriendo en el presente.
Fin de semana no hay clase pero estoy estudiando todo el año en la Eoi de Murcia
         I'm studying English in the Official Language School in Barcelona this year

3.      Hablar de algo que está programado y que ocurrirá en un futuro.
         We are getting married tomorrow afternoon

4.      Cuando hablamos de una acción temporal. NO ES PERMANENTE. 
          I'm living in Barcelona while I'm studying my last English course

5.      Cuando hablamos de tendencias o algo que está cambiando
         The climate is changing due to the action of man
          
6.      Para hablar de algo que ocurre frecuentemente, usando always
         My boyfriend is always giving me lovely presents, he's very generous
         
7.      Para hablar cosas que el interlocutor encuentra extrañas o molestas. Mal comportamiento, queja. Usando
 always
          My girlfriend is always calling me when I'm working. My boss will dismiss me

8. Para verbos activos, que tienen acción
    Shelorck Holmes is looking for a clue

Palabras identificativas:

• Next week, later, next moths, now, at the moment, these day, tomorrow, but today, today, at present

Estructura afirmativa:    SUJETO +  TO BE + VERBO – ING.

Estructura negativa:        SUJETO + TO BE + NOT + VERBO ING.   

Estructura interrogativa:   TO BE + SUJETO + VERBO - ING?.

REGLAS PARA AÑADIR - ING

BASE FORM	GERUND	SPELLING RULES
LIVE	LIVING	Acabado en – e muda, se pierde -e
RUN SIT	RUNNIG SITTING	En 1 sílaba con  1vocal + 1 consonante, se dobla consonante
REFER	REFERRING	2 sílabas, acentuada la última, se dobla la consonante final.
TRAVEL	TRAVELLING	Con 1 sola-l al final, se dobla la –ll
LIE	LYING	Los verbos con –ie al final , se cambian por una - y

Ejemplos:

He isn’t writing a postcard. El no está escribiendo una postal.

She is living in a flat at present. Ella está viviendo en un piso actualmente.

They are flying in a helicopter. Ellos no están volando en helicóptero.

I am not talking on the phone. Yo no estoy hablando por teléfono

Is she visiting a friend?. ¿Está ella visitando a un amigo?

Are you going to Murcia tomorrow?.¿Irás tú a Murcia mañana?

There are action verbs which describe actions:

run, cook, make, read, write, drink, watch, play, wash, pull, push, give, dance, sing, eat, walk, act, sail, improve, count, increase, save, advise, injure, catch, serve, search, collet, communicate, jump, jugde, start, dress, create, design, swin, draw, drop, fly, grow, sleep, laugh, buy,  fell...

 'action verbs' can be used in BE + -ING:

Susan is cooking a delicious cake now	My aunt cooks chicken every Sundays
está haciendo un pastel en este momento	todos los domingos hace pollo

 cannot be used in BE + -ING:

Marilyn looks beautiful	Sherlock Holmes is looking for a clue
es preciosa	está buscando una pista en este momento

Non-action verbs indicate state, sense, desire, possession, or opinion. The most common non-action verbs are:

ABSTRACT	be, believe,know, need, understand, remember, think,  imagine, forget, mean, exist...
FEELINGS	like, dislike, love, hate, fear, envy, care...
SENSES	hear, see, feel, smell, taste,  sound,  seem
BELONGINGS	own, have, belong, possess

Other verbs non-action:

suppose, agree, matter, prefer, realize, recognize, seem, depend, know, mean.

I love my mother  (I am loving my mother)           

I need a new car  (I am needing a new car)

 I have a big flat = possession(non-action) ( I’m having a big flat)

I can’t talk now. I’m having a meeting= action

STATIVE OR ACTIVE VERBS

• Ejercicio 1:  Verbos de estado y verbos de actividad

• Ejercicio 2:  El progresivo y los verbos de estado y de actividad en inglés

• Ejercicio 3:  Verbos con significado diferente en Present Simple y Present Progressive

• Ejercicio 4:  El progresivo con verbos de estado y de actividad

• Ejercicio 5:  El progresivo y los verbos de estado y de actividad

• Ejercicio 6:  El verbo “think” – verbo de estado y verbo de actividad

Suggested words for list of Action Verbs.

Walk	walks	walked	walked	walking
Open	opens	opened	opened	opening
Close	closes	closed	closed	closing
Talk	talks	talked	talked	talking
Look	looks	looked	looked	looking
Listen	listens	listened	listened	listening
Wash	washes	washed	washed	washing
Watch	watches	watched	watched	watching
Clean	cleans	cleaned	cleaned	cleaning
Smell	smells	smelled	smelled	smelling
Smile	smiles	smiled	smiled	smiling
Laugh	laughs	laughed	laughed	laughing
Taste	tastes	tasted	tasted	tasting
Stop	stops	stopped	stopped	stopping
Cry	cries	cried	cried	crying
Try	tries	tried	tried	trying
Eat	eats	ate	eaten	eating
See	sees	saw	seen	seeing
Speak	speaks	spoke	spoken	speaking
Take	takes	took	taken	taking
Make	makes	made	made	making
Give	gives	gave	given	giving
Write	writes	wrote	written	writing
Do	does	did	done	doing
Go	goes	went	gone	going
Sing	sings	sang	sung	singing
Drink	drinks	drank	drunk	drinking
Sit	sits	sat	sat	sitting
Stand	stands	stood	stood	standing
Say	says	said	said	saying
Sleep	sleeps	slept	slept	sleeping
Keep	keeps	kept	kept	keeping
Feel	feels	felt	felt	feeling
Hear	hears	heard	heard	hearing
Cut	cuts	cut	cut	cutting
Hit	hits	hit	hit	hitting
Set	sets	set	set	setting
Put	puts	put	put	putting
Come	comes	came	come	coming
Run	runs	ran	run	running
Read	reads	read	read	reading
Think	thinks	thought	thought	thinking
Bring	brings	brought	brought	bringing
Buy	buys	bought	bought	buying

STATIVE OR DYNAMIC VERBS

STATIVE VERBS
Stative Verbs