Stative Verbs for IELTS and English Language

Knowing the difference between stative and dynamic verbs will help you speak and write correctly and avoid basic errors in IELTS Writing and speaking exams 

Some verbs are only (or mostly) used in simple tenses, and are not used in continuous tenses. An example of a simple tense is the present simple, or the past simple. An example of a continuous tense is the present continuous or past continuous. These verbs are called stative, or state verbs. A verb which isn’t stative is called a dynamic verb, and is usually an action. Often stative verbs are about liking or disliking something, or about a mental state, not about an action.

Every English sentence must have a verb. The verb could be classified as dynamic, stative, or both. A dynamic verb describes an action; a stative verb describes a condition. This classification is important because it determines how the verb can and cannot be used.