Daftar Verb/Kata Kerja yang Tidak Boleh dalam Bentuk Continuous

Kata kerja atau verb dalam bahasa Inggris ada beberapa bentuk yakni Verb1, Verb2, Verb3, dan Verb-ing. Ada beberapa kata kerja atau verb yang tidak boleh digunakan dalam bentuk continuous (tobe + Ving).

• Mental state

Know	Suppose
Realize	Think*
Understand	Imagine
Recognize	Doubt
Believe	Remember
feel	Forget
Want	Prefer
Need	Mean

• Emotional state 

Love	Fear
Like	Envy
Appreciate	Mind
Hate	Care
Dislike

• Posession 

Possess	Own
Have*	Belong

• Sense perceptions

Taste*	Feel*
Smell*	See*
Hear

• Other existing states

Seem	Be*
Look*	Exist
Appear*	Consist of
Cost	Contain
Owe	include
Weight*

Note!!

Pada verb yang bertanda bintang, bisa juga digunakan untuk continuous namun memiliki perbedaan makna.

Think	I think he is a kind man	I am thinking about this grammar
Taste	This food tastes good	The chef is tasting the sauce
Have	He has a car	I am having trouble. She is having a good time
Smell	These flowers smell good	Don is smelling the roses
See	I see a butterfly. Do you see it?	The doctor is seeing a patient
Feel	The cat’s fur feels soft	Sue is feeling the cat’s fur
Look	She looks cold. I’ll lend her my coat	I’m looking out the window
Appear	He appears to be asleep	The actor is appearing on the stage
Weigh	A piano is heavy. It weighs a lot	The grocer is weighing the bananas
Be	I am hungry	Tom is being foolish **

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Ina is foolish : bodoh adalah karakternya, sifatnya.

Intan is being foolish : Intan sedang melakukan sesuatu hal yang membuat dia tampak bodoh.

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