Unit 25: Moving house
State verbs and action verbs
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- 1Nice to meet you!
- 2What to wear
- 3Like this, like that
- 4The daily grind
- 5Christmas every day
- 6Great achievers
- 7The Titanic
- 8Travel
- 9The big wedding
- 10Sunny's job hunt
- 11The bucket list
- 12Moving and migration
- 13Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14New Year, New Project
- 15From Handel to Hendrix
- 16What's the weather like?
- 17The Digital Revolution
- 18A detective story
- 19A place to live
- 20The Cult of Celebrity
- 21Welcome to your new job
- 22Beyond the planets
- 23Great expectations!
- 24Eco-tourism
- 25Moving house
- 26It must be love
- 27Job hunting success... and failure
- 28Speeding into the future
- 29Lost arts
- 30Tales of survival
Session 2
I love London
State verbs are important for describing attitudes, thoughts, senses and belonging. Learn how to use them in this session, and listen to some people talking about life in London.
Activity 1
London life – different views
Living in the UK's capital - love it or hate it?
Listen to three people talking about living in London.
While you are listening, answer this question: who likes London the least?
ነቲ ድምጺ ብምስማዕ ነቲ ስራሕ ፈጽምዎ

Paul
I love living in London. It’s so cosmopolitan – I doubt there is a more exciting city to live and work in.
Sara
I quite like living here. I mean, London’s got great sites to see and there’s lots to do, but I prefer life in the countryside. I think that’s where I really belong.
Max
London’s awful – I hate living here. I don’t understand why everyone thinks it is so great. Everything costs so much!
Did you hear who likes London least? It was Max.
To do
How much did you understand of what was said? Do the quiz to find out!
Who said what?
5 Questions
Who said what about living in London?
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Activity
Who said what about living in London?
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It was someone who doesn't enjoy the cityQuestion 1 of 5
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Activity
Who said what about living in London?
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It is a good thingQuestion 2 of 5
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Activity
Who said what about living in London?
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They don't really belong in LondonQuestion 3 of 5
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Activity
Who said what about living in London?
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This person thinks there are good and bad things about LondonQuestion 4 of 5
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Activity
Who said what about living in London?
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It's a good thingQuestion 5 of 5
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
Next
You've heard people talking about life in London. Next look at the state verbs they used and learn how to use them.
ናይ ስዋስው ክፍሊ
Action verbs describe things we do or things that happen.
Ted is playing football.
The sun rose at six this morning.We use state verbs to talk about attitudes, thoughts, senses or belonging. Sometimes, state verbs can also describe actions. Most state verbs are not used in the continuous (-ing) form.
The children love ice cream.
I believe in angels.
Session Vocabulary
cosmopolitan
international; having people and things from many countries
awful
very bad