2. (James) James ___ English right now. 3. (read) He ___ a book at the moment. 4. (-) He ____ a book at the moment. 5. (?) ___ he ____ a book at the moment? 6. Yes, he ___. 7. No, he ___. 8. (What?) What ___ he ___ at the moment? A book. STATE VERBS / ACTION VERBS Action verbs: play, read, sleep, eat, drink, run State verbs: be, know, want, believe, understand, like, feel, agree, disagree

Both: think, have Action verbs can be used with Present Simple AND Present Continuous tenses. Ex: I play football every week. Jesse is playing football at the moment. State verbs are ONLY used with Present Simple tense. Ex: I know 3 languages. Mary believes that a black cat brings bad luck. Some verbs can be an action verb and a state verb but the meaning changes. Ex: I think that English is easy to learn. I am thinking about going to England this summer. (Which one is state verb? Which one is action verb? Why?) Ex: Jack is having a cup of tea. Jack has 3 sisters. (Which one is state verb? Which one is action verb? Why?)