[Present time] Non-Progressive Verbs (Stative verbs or non-action verbs)

Common Verb That Are Usually Non-Progressives

know	like	dislike	belong	consist of	hear	agree	find
believe	appreciate	fear	possess	contain	sound	disagree	notic
doubt	care about	hate	own			mean	keep
recognize	please	mind		exist	seem	promise	leave
remember	prefer		desire	matter	look likes	amaze
suppose			need		resemble	surprise
understand			want
forget			wish

Some verbs, like think, have both non-progressive meanings and progressive meanings

	non-progressive	progessive
look
appear
think
feel
have
see
taste
smell
love
be

example

I think that your cousin is very nice.	think means “believe”
I’m thinking about my trip to Rome.	am thinking means “thought are going around in my mind right now.”

I'm having (享受) a great time.

I see her every day.

I'm seeing her. (交往)

The doctor is seeing the patient.(病人給醫生看)

Example

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1. Right now I am looking at the board. I see some words on the board.

3. Who is that man? I think that I know him, but I forget his name.

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