Present tenses
3. Stative verbs
Stative verbs are not normally used in the continuous form. The most common of these verbs are:
admire, be, believe, belong, consist, dislike, doubt, fit, forget, guess, hate, hear, imagine, include, keep, know, like, love, mean, prefer, realise, recognise, remember, seem, smell, sound, suppose, taste, understand, want, wish
admire, be, believe, belong, consist, dislike, doubt, fit, forget, guess, hate, hear, imagine, include, keep, know, like, love, mean, prefer, realise, recognise, remember, seem, smell, sound, suppose, taste, understand, want, wish