Stative Verbs

List of Stative Verbs

• adore
• agree
• appear (seem)
• appreciate
• be (exist)
• believe
• belong to
• concern
• consist of
• contain
• cost
• deny
• depend on
• deserve
• detest
• disagree
• dislike
• doubt
• equal
• feel
• hate
• have (possession)
• hear
• imagine
• include
• involve
• know
• lack
• like
• loathe
• look (seem)
• love
• matter
• mean
• measure
• mind
• need
• owe
• own
• possess
• promise
• realize
• recognize
• remember
• resemble
• satisfy
• see
• seem
• smell
• sound
• suppose
• surprise
• taste
• think (opinion)
• understand
• want
• weigh
• wish

Stative Verb Exercises

Complete each sentence using the stative verb from the parenthesis:

1. Do you _________ the answer? (depend on, know, include)
2. Jim _________ dessert every day. (has, eats, possesses)
3. I _________ good about the race’s outcome. (am, were, feel)
4. She _________ her mother. (imagines, resembles, walks with)
5. Do you _________ they will win? (think, involve, promise)
6. They really _________ everything you did for them. (include, appreciate, dislike)
7. I think the teacher was _________ with my speech. (involved, measured, satisfied)
8. Can you _________ the coffee brewing? (feel, smell, dislike)
9. I still _________ a lot of money on my student loans. (deserve, owe, involve)
10. You _________ more shoes than anyone else I know! (dislike, suppose, have)