STATIVE VERBS EXERCISES1. Which answer is the best? Can you go downtown with me right now?1. No, I'm waiting for a phone call. 2. No, I eat lunch. 3. No, I take care of my son.

2. Which answer is the best? How often do you drive to school?1. I'm often driving to school every morning. 2. I'm never driving to school. 3. I drive to school every morning.

3. Which question is the best?1. Is he waiting for the bus on the corner every day? 2. Does he usually brush his teeth after breakfast? 3. Is he often going to the park on Sunday?

4. Which sentence is the best?1. I'm usually brushing my teeth every morning. 2. He's learning how to drive this month. 3. I don't eat breakfast this morning.

5. Which sentence is the best?1. Is she liking to go shopping? 2. I'm hating to drink coffee. 3. They hate to get to school late.

6. Which sentence is the best?1. I'm smelling the milk now, and it doesn't smell bad. 2. The soup is tasting good. 3. The house is smelling very good when the cake is baking.

7. Which answer is the best? What are you doing now?1. I'm tasting the soup to see if it needs more salt.

2. I taste the spaghetti to see if it needs more salt. 3. The spaghetti is tasting good.

8. Which sentence is the best?1. I'm knowing that he came yesterday. 2. I'm thinking of taking a vacation. 3. "Enormous" is meaning "big."

9. Which sentence is the best?1. They are having a nice house. 2. She usually isn't having a good time shopping. 3. We don't have a lot of fun going to the dentist.

10. Which sentence is the best? 1.This coat is seeming really expensive. 2. I don't think it's very expensive. It is only costing twenty dollars. 3. I think it costs two hundred dollars.

Choose the correct form of the verbs in parentheses: 1. Since we (are being, are) in Florida, we will go to the beach every day. 2. Because of his gambling, Frank (is owing, ows) a lot of money. 3. She (is disliking, dislikes) the course that she is taking right now at the university. 4. His grades (matter, are mattering) to him a great deal. 5. Susie (is resembling, resembles) her sister Kate. 6. She asks the butcher a question while he (is weighing, weighs) the hamburger meat. 7. The player in the corner of the rink (is having, has) difficulty controlling the puck because he injured his hand early in the hockey game. 8. Jennifer (is seeing, sees) his doctor because she has got strong headaches. 9. I (think, am thinking) that the Leafs are doing great this year! 10.My neighbour who (is looking, looks) for her cat, asked me to help her. 11.Our relatives might come this evening, I (am meaning, mean) you should stay at home to receive them. 12.The neighbour (is envying, envies) Philip big salary and paid vacations. 13.She (realises, is realising) that it would have been better to study since the beginning of the year. 14.It (appears, is appearing) that our favourite football team is going to finish last.