This stative and active verbs lesson plan helps learners understand the difference between action verbs and non-continuous or stative verbs. Students explore how stative verbs describe feelings, thoughts, senses, and possession, and why they’re usually not used in continuous forms.
This lesson comes with:
Fillable Fields – This worksheet can be completed digitally or printed.
Teacher’s Copy – Includes detailed teacher’s notes and an answer key.
Student Version – Perfect for sharing via email for online lessons.
This is most suited to B1/B2 level students
1 hour + (depending on level).
The lesson clearly categorises common stative verbs and highlights verbs that can be both stative and active with different meanings. For example:
Stative and Active Verbs Exercises
Learners practise identifying stative and active verbs through a variety of exercises. These include controlled gap-fill tasks, sentence transformations, and matching activities using real-life language. The worksheet also includes context-based examples to reinforce meaning.
Speaking and Writing Practice
To consolidate learning, the lesson ends with speaking and writing tasks that encourage learners to use both stative and active verbs in conversation and writing. These communicative tasks are ideal for pairwork or group practice and suitable for classroom or online teaching.
Whether you’re teaching stative and active verbs for the first time or reviewing them with your class, this downloadable lesson plan is ready to use.
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