Click for Audio

Suggested words:

Non-action Verbs

See also: Vocabulary: Be Verbs

Have	has	had	had	having*
Need	needs	needed	needed
Want	wants	wanted	wanted
Like	likes	liked	liked
Own	owns	owned	owned
Prefer	prefers	preferred	preferred

*Most non-action verbs are not used in the continuous tenses.

I like it.
Not: I am liking it.

Some verbs such as "have" carry multiple meanings, some of which
can be used in the continuous tenses.

We're having a party this weekend.	(Okay)
We're having a new bicycle.	(Not okay)
I'm thinking of you right now.	(continuous: okay)
I am thinking you are beautiful.	(continuous: not okay)

See also: Grammar: Non-Action Verbs