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action versus status some English action verbs refer to events or actions that happen at a specific time usually only once these verbs cannot be used with how long or expressions of duration status verbs must be used to indicate conditions which exist over periods of time some common action status pair are as follows action or event one-time occurrence usually past or future tense status or condition long time present or present perfect become be get married be married get engaged be engaged get divorced be divorced graduate be out of school die be dead meet no learn no find out no buy or purchase have get or acquire have or own fall asleep be asleep fall in love be in love for example I got married last May the ceremony occurred last May I was single last April status previous to last May I am married now current status I met Mr Carter last week we saw each other for the first time Nathan became a doctor in 1998 that's when he received his degree I graduated last August that's when the ceremony occurred the baby fell asleep 2 hours ago changed from awake to asleep I found out the news yesterday specific time [Music] [Music]