adore, appeal, appreciate, desire,despise, detest, dislike, fear, feel, forgive, hate, like, love, mind, need, pity, prefer, satisfy, trust, want and wish

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Stative Verbs: Emotions

Be - stative and non-stative uses   Conjugating of the verb be: I am, You are, He is, She is, It is, We are, You are, They are  Exist - stative use only

Stative Verbs: Existence: be & exist

mean, realise, suppose, suspect, think, understand

Stative Verbs: Thinking (part B)

believe, consider, doubt, expect, imagine, know, realise 

Stative Verbs: Thinking (part A)

Communication Stative Verbs: agree, deny, disagree These 3 verbs must be used in the present simple not the continuous

Stative Verbs: Communication Category

Verb - describes an action Stative verbs - describe states of being. ex. I am happy/angry/sad/mad. Stative verbs - are used in the present simple tenses When stative verbs don't describe a state but an action then they are used in the continuous tenses.  ex. I have a cup of coffee in the morning.  (state)   vs.  I am having a cup of coffee now. (action)      She has a cough. (state) vs. She is caughing. (action)

Stative & non stative verbs ex. have/having vs. think/thinking

This is second part of the episode on idioms from time.   it's high time to do something - for ex. it's high time to do the laundry, dishes, bills etc.  to take one's time or to take your sweet time -  not to hurry ex. to take your time doing your makeup to call it a day - to stop working on a given activity for the day.  on the spur of the moment - spontaneously  the time is right to do "something" - the time is correct or the time is good ex. the time is right to buy a house/get married/go on vacation etc.                                                                                              

Idioms from Time (part B)

to make time for something or someone - to do something although you did not plan it and you were already busy for the time being - for now in on time - quickly to kill time - to do activity A because you are waiting to do activity B in the nick of time -  to do something just before it is too late 

Idioms from Time (part A)

Today is Thursday.  Yesterday was Wednesday. Tomorrow will be Friday.  or Tomorrow is going to be Friday.  Monday   Tuesday   Wednesday    Thursday    Friday    Saturday   Sunday 1st             2nd               3rd                  4th               5th           6th            7th  Saturday and Sunday are days off meaning we don't work on these days.  I have the weekends off means I dont' work on the weekends.  at the weekends - British  English on the weekends - American English 

Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday/7 days of the week & Days off

Monday is the first day of the week.  Tuesday is the second day of the week.  Wednesday is the third day of the week.  Thursday is the fourth day of the week. Friday is the fifth day of the week. Saturday is the sixth day of the week.  Sunday is the seventh day of the week. 

Days of the Week and Ordinal Numbers - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

7 Days of the week - for kids or to learn how to spell for adults

Prepositions of place tell us where something is at:  I placed the water bottle onto the table. ( I use the preposition onto as there was movement.) Now the water bottle is on the table. (There isn't any movement with it at this time.)  Jeff jumped into the pool. ( jumped into - there is movement.) Jeff is swimming in the pool. ( He is inside the pool.)  I poured juice into the glasses. Now the juice is in the glasses.

Prepositions of Place on & onto and in & into

Jill went on vacation to Greece.  Jeff went on holiday to Italy.  John went on vacation to Canada.  He went from work to the health club. ( We move from point A to point B)

Prepositions of Place on and to

At has 2 usages: 1.) at a large area: at the mall, at home, at work and 2.) at a specific point on the map such as an address, an intersection, a bus stop In = inside  The kitten is in the box.  He is playing and he is coming in and out of the box.  I am at home in my living room. 

Prepositions of Place at and In

to look out= watch out to look out the window or to look through the window to look up a word online to look up to someone/ ex.  to look up to a great professor to look down on lazy professors to look for your keys or to look for love to look over homework - to check it briefly to look after a child, a pet, a grandparent to look someone in the eye - Look me in the eye to see if you are telling the truth. (parent to the child) to look in on someone - to check if they are o.k.  to look at a painting, a photograph etc.  Online Exercises for you to do:   https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/phrasal_verbs_look.htm  

Phrasal Verbs with Look

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