GRAMMAR: Stative Verbs Exercise Circle the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. (a) Right now they (think, are thinking) about buying a new car. (b) Pete (has been knowing, has known) Jane for many years. (c) She told me that she (had always loved, had always been loving) the theatre. (d) It (is depending, depends) on what the weather (is being, is) like on the weekend. (e) Pierre (has owned, has been owning) that car for over ten years. (1) Mary (saw, was seeing) Freddie for the first time in a club in Greenwich Village, (9) Gerry (was tasting, tasted) the wine when suddenly the fire alarm went off in the restaurant. He spilled wine all over his shirt. (h) The roses (smelled, were smelling) lovely in your garden last summer. (i) Shirley (is having, has) a difficult time right now. () It looks, is looking) as if it might rain (k) | (am thinking, think) that I should look for a new job, he was (1) The thief looked into his rear-view mirror and (was realizing, realized) that being, was) followed by a police car.
