Action and non-action verbs
A What are you cooking tonight? B I ’m making pasta. A Great! I really like pasta ♦ Verbs which describe actions, e.g. make, cook, can be used in the present simple or continuous. ♦ Verbs which describe states or feelings (not actions), e.g. like, want, be are not normally used in the present continuous. ♦ Common non-action verbs are agree, be, believe, belong, depend, forget, hate, hear, know, like, love, matter, mean, need, prefer, realize, recognize, seem, suppose.
I have a big flat. = possession (non-action) I can’t talk now. I’m having lunch. = an activity (action)
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A few verbs have an action and a non-action meaning. The most common is have.
