The sentence

4. There are five groups of stative verbs referring to:
a. feelings (like, love, etc.);
b. thinking/believing (think, understand, etc.)
c. wants (want, prefer, etc.)
d. perception (hear, see, etc.)
e. being/having/owning (appear, seem, belong, etc.)
B. The simple present and present progressive tenses
Spelling: how to add ‘-ing’ to a verb: ‘wait/waiting’
1. We add –ing to most verbs, without changing the base form: wait/waiting:
Wait for me. → I am waiting for you.
2. If a verb ends in –e, omit the –e and add –ing: use/using:
Use a broom. → I am using a broom.
3. A single vowel followed by a single consonant doubles the final consonant: sit/sitting:
Sit down. → I am sitting down.
4. We double the last consonant of two-syllable verbs when the second syllable is stressed:
be’gin/be’ginning. Compare the unstressed final syllable: ‘differ/’differing:
Begin work. → I am beginning work.
5. –ic changes to –ick: picnic/picnicking; -ie changes to –y: lie/lying:
Lie down. → I am lying down.
Uses of the present progressive tense: I’m working/he is working’
There are four basic uses of the present progressive tense. We use it for:
1. Actions in progress at the moment of speaking: He’s working at the moment.
2. Temporary situations/actions, not necessarily in progress at he moment of speaking:
My daughter is studying English at Durham University.
3. Planned actions (+ future adverbial reference): We’re spending next winter in Australia.
4. Repeated actions with adverbs like always, forever: She’s always helping people.
The simple present and the present progressive tenses in typical contexts
a. Use the correct present tense form.
b. Say what the context for each extract could be, written and/or spoken.
e.g. Let me explain what you have to do. First you take the photos and sort them into
categories. Then you file them according to subject.
C. The simple past tense
The past form and pronunciation of regular verbs
1. Regular verbs always end with a –d in the simple part, but we do not always pronounce the
–d ending in the same way. We usually add –ed to the base form of the verbs:
I play – I played, I open – I opened. We do not pronounce –ed as an extra syllable. We
pronounce it as /d/: I played /pleid/ Not* /plei-id/ *; I opened / p nd/ Not* / p nid/ *;
I arrived / raivd/ Not * / raivid/ *; I married /m rid/ Not */m ri-id/ *.
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