State and action verbs rules
There are two kinds of verbs in English: Activity verbs – describe activities and they can be used in simple and continuous tenses. walk , talk, eat, drink… State verbs – describe states and can only be used in simple tenses. They can’t be used in continuous tenses. hate, understand, want… State verbs: Verbs related to activities of the mind: admit, agree, believe, know, mean, prefer, realise, remember, think, understand, want Verbs related to emotions: adore, care, like, dislike, love, hate, hope Having or being: appear, be, belong, contain, have, include, need, seem, possess, own Verbs related to senses: feel, hear, look, see, smell, sound, taste…