English Banana.com Test Your Grammar Skills State Verbs Practice State verbs describe states of being, including: • • • actions that happen in your head, e.g believe, know, want likes and dislikes, e.g like, dislike, love, hate, prefer senses, e.g see, hear, smell, taste They not usually have continuous forms Underline the correct option in each sentence: Paula absolutely I loathed / was loathing her new colleague’s aftershave keep / am keeping fit by exercising regularly and eating healthily We know that the children The film I lie / are lying about who broke the DVD player lasts / is lasting for about ninety minutes think / ’ve been thinking about going to Hawaii next year Alice saw / was seeing a comet when she visited the observatory last week Since Eric lost weight, his clothes We don’t fit / are not fitting him any more have / ’re having a barbecue on Saturday night, if you want to come over seemed / was seeming really angry What does he want / is he wanting? John 10 I have / ’m having four puppies for sale, if you want to buy one 11 Paul has promised / has been promising to lend me his guitar for years 12 The weekend consists of / is consisting of five seminars and two practical sessions where you can put / be putting into practice what you have learned 13 We weighed / were weighing the elephants for four hours yesterday 14 I don’t think you 15 The boys realise / are realising how much Bonnie is in love with you were / were being silly in the lab, when the head teacher walked in For more fun worksheets, games, and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! This worksheet can be photocopied and used without charge Big Grammar Book Intermediate Book