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

    Exercise 3

    For each dialogue, fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets and any necessary extra words.

    Dialogue 1 (taste)

    A: Please, try this cheese. It’s delicious. It 1 good cured cheese.

    B: Yes, this cheese 2 it’s been cured for years.

    Dialogue 2 (sound)

    A: Your voice 3  very rough. You 4  you were partying until very late last night.

    B: No, I wasn’t. I think I 5  quite normal.

    Dialogue 3 (smell)

    A: This room 6 horrible.

    B: Yes, it 7 nobody has opened the windows in years.

    Dialogue 4 (feel)

    A: This pillow 8  very hard.

    B: Yes, it 9  a rock. It 10 your head was on a block of marble.


     

  • 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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