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Module # 7_
I. General Information
Subject: English II CODE: INE-0205
Credit Units: 3 Module Duration: 10 days

Specific Objectives:

-The student will be able to learn how to use state verbs.

Skills to Develop:

 Practice the correct use of conversational state verbs.

Brief Description of the Forum:

After reading the material, the student will be able to participate in the discussion
forum and:
1. Practice conversational state verbs and the usage of them in conversation
form in the forum.
Brief Description of Activities:
The student will practice conversations using the vocabulary learned.

Homework Description:
Workbook Activities from your Textbook: Open Mind 1b- Unit 9
Homework Template Module No. 7

II. Content
State Verbs

INTRODUCTION
III. Content Development

State Verbs
When a verb describes a state and not an action we do not use the continuous tense. For
example, play is an action so we can say playing, is a fixed state which does not change:
to be or not to be.

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Grammatically it is not correct to say (I’m loving it) even though MacDonald’s have made
this expression famous. Love is a state verb and so we should say: I love it.

State verbs fall into 4 groups:

1. Emotion: love, hate, want, need

2. Possession: have, own, want, belonging

3. Sense: see, hear smell, seem

4. Thought: know, believe, remember

Some verbs can be both state and actions verbs

Some words can be state verbs and action verbs. The meaning of these verbs is then different.

Take a loot at these examples:

I have a car: Its states verb showing possesion

I am having a bath: action verb which, in this case means taking.

I think you are cool: state verb meaning my opinion.

I am thinking about buying a motorcycle: action verb meaning considering

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I. BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Textbook: Open Mind Level 1B, Editorial Macmillan, 2da Edición.

2. Workbook Open Mind Level 1B, Editorial Macmillan, 2da Edición.
3. Diccionario de Ingles / Español o www.dictionary.com
4. Laboratorio de Idiomas - Open Mind :www.macmillanmind.com
5. English Central Website- www.englishcentral.com