Fill in the blanks with the progressive or simple forms of the verb.
1Do you know what chauvinism ...............?
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Use the stative verb form "means" for definitions and meanings.
2Each shirt ............... only six dollars.
Wrong!
Use "costs" because prices are normally described with the present simple.
3It ............... which dress you wear to the party.
Wrong!
Use "doesn't matter" because matter is a stative verb in this meaning.
4I think I ............... that man over there.
Wrong!
Use "know" because knowledge is a state, not an action in progress.
5These cookies ............... peanuts.
Wrong!
Use "contain" because this verb describes what is inside something.
6I ............... with your view that the death penalty deters people from committing crimes.
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Use "do not agree" because agree is normally stative when it means hold an opinion.
7She ............... her mother.
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Use "resembles" because resemblance is a state, not a temporary action.
8Why don't you turn off the TV if you ............... it right now?
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Use "aren't watching" for an action not happening at this moment.
9The number you have dialed ...............
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Use "does not exist" because exist is a stative verb.
10This week, I ............... the walls painted.
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Use "am having" to describe an arranged service happening around now.
11My job ............... a lot of traveling.
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Use "involves" because the sentence describes a general fact about the job.
12This bag ............... 20 apples.
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Use "contains" because the verb describes what is inside the bag.
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- Do you know what chauvinism means?
- Each shirt costs only six dollars.
- It doesn’t matter which dress you wear to the party.
- I think I know that man over there.
- These cookies contain peanuts.
- I do not agree with your view that the death penalty deters people from committing crimes.
- She resembles her mother.
- Why don’t you turn off the TV if you aren’t watching it right now?
- The number you have dialed does not exist.
- This week, I am having the walls painted.
- My job involves a lot of traveling.
- This bag contains 20 apples.