Stative and dynamic verbs exercise 2

Multiple-choice exercise

I _________________ around a second-hand shop one day when I saw an old vase.
1. looked
2. was looking
It ________________ very old.
1. looked
2. was looking
I ____________________ perhaps it might be valuable.
1. thought
2. was thinking
'_________________ that dirty old vase?' asked my friend Rose.
1. Are you liking
2. Do you like
'Yes. I ___________________ of buying it,' I replied.
1. think
2. am thinking
'Look, it __________________ a picture of a dragon on it.'
1. is having
2. has
'Do you think it __________________ from China?'
1. is coming
2. comes
'Maybe. Look, there's something written on the bottom. What _________________?'
1. does it say
2. is it saying
'I can read the words but I __________________ what they mean. It's not modern Chinese.'
1. am not understanding
2. do not understand
'There's no price on it. How much ___________ he wants for it?'
1. do you think
2. are you thinking
I asked the shop keeper.
'It was one thousand dollars,' he said, 'but we __________ a sale today, so you can have it for six hundred.'
1. have
2. are having
'Are you going to buy it?' asked Rose.
'I __________ to decide...it's so difficult!' I said.
1. am trying
2. try
'Go on! The man ____________ honest,' she whispered.
1. is seeming
2. seems
'Well, I ____________ it. And six hundred isn't that much...' I said
1. am really liking
2. really like
The next day I took the vase to an antiques expert.
'___________ this vase,' he asked?
1. Are you owning
2. Do you own
'Yes,' I replied.
'Congratulations!' he said. 'This vase once ____________ to the Emperor of China. It is worth over a million dollars.'
1. was belonging
2. belonged

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Stative and dynamic verbs exercise 1
Twenty-question multiple-choice exercise on stative and dynamic verbs. (B2+). Includes temporary states (behaviour) He is being nice today, verbs of the senses (taste, smell etc.), and other verbs that can be both states and actions (think, have etc.). Feedback with explanations.