| 词组 | Continuous tenses |
| 释义 | Continuous tenses ◊ GRAMMAR A continuous tense contains a form of the verb 'be' and a present participle. Continuous tenses are used when talking about temporary situations at a particular point in time. See entry at ↑ ◊ dynamic verbs Verbs which are used in continuous tenses are sometimes called dynamic verbs. The video industry has been developing rapidly. He'll be working nights next week. ◊ stative verbs There are a number of verbs which are not normally used in continuous tenses. Verbs of this kind are sometimes called stative verbs. The verbs in the following list are not normally used in continuous tenses when they are used with their commonest or basic meaning. admire, adore, appear, astonish, be , believe, belong to, concern, consist of , contain, deserve, desire, despise, detest, dislike, envy, exist, fit, forget, hate, have, hear, imagine, impress, include, interest, involve, keep, know, lack, last, like, look like, love, matter, mean, owe, own, please, possess, prefer, reach, realize, recognize, remember, resemble, satisfy, see, seem, sound, stop, suppose, surprise, survive, suspect, understand, want , wish ◊ 'be' 'Be' is not usually used as a main verb in continuous tenses. However, you use it in continuous tenses when you are describing someone's behaviour at a particular time. You're being naughty. ◊ 'have' 'Have' is not used in continuous tenses to talk about possession. However, you can use it in continuous tenses to indicate that someone is doing something. See entry at ↑ We were just having a philosophical discussion. ◊ other verbs Some verbs have very specific senses in which they are not used in continuous tenses. For example, 'smell' is sometimes used in continuous tenses when it means 'to smell something deliberately', but not when it means 'to smell of something'. She was smelling her bunch of flowers. The air smelled sweet. The following verbs are not used in continuous tenses when they have the meanings indicated: depend (be related to), feel (have an opinion), measure (have length), smell (of something), taste (of something), think (have an opinion), weigh (have weight) |
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