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

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    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.
    1 Is everything OK? You _______ you have cried.
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    2 The chicken _______ a bit too salty.
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    3 It _______ bread but it doesn't really _______ bread.
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    4 It _______ a plane, but it _______ some kind of UFO was flying over our heads.
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    5 It _______ a sauna in here. Could you switch on the air-conditioner?
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    6 He _______ fine, but he _______ he was in a lot of pain.
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    7 This water _______ horrible. It _______ it comes straight from the sewer.
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    8 Can you smell that? It _______ a gas leak.
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    9 This silk ________ incredibly smooth against my skin.
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    10 It _______ he's not going to win the election.
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  • Verbs of the senses: Grammar chart

    A grammar chart explaining how to use verbs of the senses like "look," "smell," "taste," "sound," and "feel." It includes examples and different structures using adjectives, nouns, and clauses.

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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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