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English Grammar in Use · Murphy

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Continuous or simple?

Present perfect cont.

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UNIT 10

Perfect: cont. or simple?

UNIT 4 · Intermediate · B1–B2

Action or State?“present tenses 2” — 44 interactive questions

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📖 Grammar Reference — Action or State?

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What you’ll learnVerbs that are both action & state

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A Some verbs do two jobs

A few verbs change meaning. As a state → present simple. As an action → present continuous.

think	🔁 I think* it’s good.* (opinion) · ⚡ I‘m thinking about it. (considering)
have	🔁 She has* a car.* (own) · ⚡ We‘re having lunch. (eating)
see	🔁 I see* what you mean.* (understand) · ⚡ I‘m seeing the doctor. (meeting)
taste	🔁 It tastes* good.* (state) · ⚡ He‘s tasting it. (action)

B am / is / are being

Use being when you talk about how someone is behaving right now — not their permanent character.

⚡ You‘re being very kind today. (now)

🔁 She is a kind person. (character)

⚡ He‘s being silly. (behaving)

✗ ~~I’m being hungry.~~ → I am hungry.

C always + -ing = “too often!”

We use the continuous with always to complain that something happens too often.

😤 He‘s always losing his keys! (annoying)

🔁 He always loses at chess. (neutral fact)

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Remember — verbs like think, have, see, taste, feel can be simple (state) or continuous (action) depending on meaning. Being = behaving now. always + -ing = a habit that annoys you.

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