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En inglés, los verbos pueden ser estáticos (Stative) o dinámicos (Dynamic). Los Stative Verbs son aquellos que no indican una acción propiamente dicha y el rasgo más sencillo para distinguirlos es que no tienen sentido si los conjugas en Present Continuous. Ejemplos de estos verbos pueden ser: agree: estar de acuerdo doubt: dudar hate: odiar imagine: imaginar lack: escasear like: gustar love: amar mean: querer decir (significar) own: poseer want: querer weight: pesar wish: desear Existen muchos Stative Verbs más, pero lo fundamental será que puedas reconocerlos. Como te habíamos anticipado, estos verbos no remiten a acciones sino más bien a estados. Por lo tanto, y si bien el lenguaje hace lugar a muchas excepciones cuando se trata de ser creativos, te sonarán raros al conjugarlos en  Present Continuous . Veamos un ejemplo: Simple Present : I want more cake. (Quiero más torta.) Present Continuous : I am wanting more cake. (Estoy queriendo más torta.) Incluso ...

Simple Present Affirmative She drinks. Negative She does not drink. Interrogative Does she drink? Form I, you we they play | he, she, it play s Uses action in the present taking place once, never or several times facts actions taking place one after another action set by a timetable or schedule Present Progressive Affirmative He is reading. Negative He is not reading. Interrogative Is he reading? Form To be (in the simple present) + verb + ing Uses action taking place at the moment of speaking action arranged for the future Simple Past Affirmative I cried. Negative I did not cry Interrogative Did I cry? Form Regular verbs: Verb + ed | Irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of  irregular verbs Uses action in the past taking place once, never or several times actions taking place one after another Past Progressive Affirmative He was driving. Negative He was not driving. Interrogative Was he driving? Fo...

Used to – Woul d (always) Principio del formulario Used to + verb describes a past situation that is no longer true I used to go scuba diving. It is best to avoid using ‘used to’ in negative forms or questions although some native speakers do this in informal situations. It is better to use the Past Simple in those situations. 1 A past habit 'Used to' describes something was an old habit that stopped in the past. It shows that there was repetition in the past but it probably doesn’t occur now. My dad used to do Aikido. We used to go skiing every winter. I used to love sushi but I seem to have gone off it now. 2 Facts and generalisations in the past 'Used to' can also describe past facts or generalisations that are no longer true. Danny used to live in England. Most people in the south of the country used to be farmers. Fred used to have a stressful job. Tess used to be fat. Now she has a great figure. Used to – Past Simple 'Used to...