Langue anglaise · 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
Le contenu académique est en arabe, comme au BAC et comme dans l’application.
Ce que le programme attend de toi
- Non-conclusive (stative) verbs that resist the continuous form (know/believe/seem/consist)
La méthode
- Test: does the verb describe a state, not an action? → no continuous form
Les erreurs fréquentes
- Using a stative verb in the continuous ('I am knowing')
Extrait du cours
Read these two sentences about a simple fact. One of them is not natural English.
Le vocabulaire
- seem (يبدو)