English · Astronomy and the Solar System
Non-conclusive (stative) verbs — verbs that resist the continuous form
Know, believe, seem and consist never take the -ing form
5 minutes
The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.
What the syllabus expects from you
- Non-conclusive (stative) verbs that resist the continuous form (know/believe/seem/consist)
The method
- Test: does the verb describe a state, not an action? → no continuous form
The common mistakes
- Using a stative verb in the continuous ('I am knowing')
From the lesson
Read these two sentences about a simple fact. One of them is not natural English.
The vocabulary
- seem (يبدو)