Verbs of the senses: look, sound, feel, etc.

Verbs of the senses: look, sound, feel, etc.

Exercise 2

Choose the most suitable forms of the following verbs of the senses to complete the sentences below.

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1 Is everything OK? You _______ you have cried.

a.look

b.seem that

c.look as though

d.look

2 The chicken _______ a bit too salty.

a.tastes

b.feels

c.tastes like

d.feels like

3 It _______ bread but it doesn't really _______ bread.

a.tastes / looks

b.tastes like / look like

c.tastes as if / look as if

d.tastes as if / look like

4 It _______ a plane, but it _______ some kind of UFO was flying over our heads.

a.looked like / sounded

b.looked / sounded like

c.looked as if / sounded as though

d.looked like / sounded as if

5 It _______ a sauna in here. Could you switch on the air-conditioner?

a.looks

b.feels as if

c.feels like

d.feels

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6 He _______ fine, but he _______ he was in a lot of pain.

a.sounded like / looked like

b.sounded / looked

c.sounded as if / looked like

d.sounded / looked as though

7 This water _______ horrible. It _______ it comes straight from the sewer.

a.tastes / tastes as though

b.tastes like / tastes as if

c.tastes as if / tastes like

d.tastes / tastes

8 Can you smell that? It _______ a gas leak.

a.smells

b.smells like

c.smells as if

d.smells as though

9 This silk ________ incredibly smooth against my skin.

a.looks

b.looks like

c.feels

d.feels like

10 It _______ he's not going to win the election.

a.feels

b.looks

c.looks as if

d.feels as

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Verbs of the senses

We can use the verbs look, smell, taste, sound and feel before adjectives, nouns, and clauses (subject + verb)

Look, smell, taste, sound, feel + adjective

We can use feel, smell, taste, sound, and feel + adjective to talk about how something feels, tastes, etc.

• When you use that cream, your skin feels really smooth.
• When he talked to us, he sounded nervous.

Look, smell, taste, sound, feel + like + noun

We can also use feel, smell, taste, sound, and feel + like before a noun.

• You sound like your mother. 
• This tastes like chicken.

Look, smell, taste, sound, feel + as if/as though + clause

We use feel, smell, taste, sound, and feel + as if/as though + clause (subject + verb).

• You sound as if you had a long party last night.
• You look as though you’ve just seen a ghost.

Note that in informal English, we often also use feel, smell, taste, sound, and feel + like + clause.

• You sound like you had a long party last night.
• You look like you’ve just seen a ghost.

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