Non Progressive Verb

There are many common non progressive verbs.
It means that the verbs cannot be used in progressive tense.

Exception: Few of them can be used in progressive to express activity in progress.

Examples:
Know, realize, understand, recognize, believe
Feel, Suppose, (think), imagine, doubt
Remember, forget, want, need, prefer, meat

Love, like, dislike, appreciate, hate, fear, care, mind, envy

Belong, own, posses (have)

Hear, see, feel, smell (taste)

Seem, cost, owe, exist, contain, include, consist of, look, appear, be,


Look simple sentences below. It has different terms Non progressive and progressive:
I’m hungry (non progressive)
I’m late (non progressive)


John is being foolish (progressive)

He has a car. (He is having a car = it is not common word= not correct)

I hope all of you understand with this topic. See next lesson…..

Regular and Irregular verb

Regular and Irregular verb.

· REGULAR VERBS: the simple past and past participle end in –ed
Present form : stop
Simple Past: stopped
Past participle: stopped
Present participle : stopping
· IRREGULAR VERBS: verbs use in the simple past and participle do not end in –ed
Present form : find, eat
Simple Past: found, ate
Past participle: found, eaten
Present participle : founding, eating etc.

American and British English has several different verb forms.
Present form- Simple Past- Past participle
American: bet-bet-bet………………………got-got-gotten……..quit-quit-quit
British : bet-bet-bet (or) bet-betted-betted…get-got-got……....quit-quitted-quitted

Simple Past- Past participle verb forms
British : end with –t : burnt, dreamt, knelt, leant, smelt, spelt, spilt, spoilt.
American : end with –ed: burned, dreamed etc
And there are still many differences in verb form.

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