NI2 2/11/17

Homework: reading activity p. 18

p.20

unexpected /ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪd◂/ 

bump into somebody phrasal verb

to meet someone who you know, when you were not expecting to

SYN run into

I bumped into Jean in town.

/dɪˈzaɪnə $ -ər/

 /ˈbɪzi/

be into something

spoken to like and be interested in something 

I’m really into folk music.

/ˈmærəθən $ -θɑːn/

Didn’t recognise you

And marketing

Pleased for you

Long hours

Can’t complain

At home

To time

Of hell

Failed to recognise

Dream job

Five-a-side football

ˌfive-a-ˈside adjective [only before noun] British English  five-a-side football is played with five players on each side, usually indoors

hike /haɪk/ ●●○ noun [countable] 

1 a long walk in the mountains or countryside

 a hike in the woods

trek /trek/ ●○○ noun [countable] 

1 a long and difficult journey, made especially on foot as an adventure

SYN hike

Stative Verbs

How to use stative (state) and dynamic verbs

Some English verbs, which we call state, non-continuous or stative verbs, aren't used in continuous tenses (like the present continuous, or the future continuous). These verbs often describe states that last for some time. Here is a list of some common ones:

Stative (or State) Verb List

like	know	belong
love	realise	fit
hate	suppose	contain
want	mean	consist
need	understand	seem
prefer	believe	depend
agree	remember	matter
mind	recognise	see
own	appear	look (=seem)
sound	taste	smell
hear	astonish	deny
disagree	please	impress
satisfy	promise	surprise
doubt	think (=have an opinion)	feel (=have an opinion)
wish	imagine	concern
dislike	be	have
deserve	involve	include
lack	measure (=have length etc)	possess
owe	weigh (=have weight)

A verb which isn't stative is called a dynamic verb, and is usually an action.

Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:

Be

be is usually a stative verb, but when it is used in the continuous it means 'behaving' or 'acting' you are stupid = it's part of your personality you are being stupid = only now, not usually

Think

think (stative) = have an opinion I think that coffee is great think (dynamic) = consider, have in my head what are you thinking about? I'm thinking about my next holiday

Have

have (stative) = own I have a car have (dynamic) = part of an expression I'm having a party / a picnic / a bath / a good time / a break

See

see (stative) = see with your eyes / understand I see what you mean I see her now, she's just coming along the road see (dynamic) = meet / have a relationship with I've been seeing my boyfriend for three years I'm seeing Robert tomorrow

Taste

taste (stative) = has a certain taste This soup tastes great The coffee tastes really bitter taste (dynamic) = the action of tasting The chef is tasting the soup ('taste' is the same as other similar verbs such as 'smell')