An explanation to the verbs of the senses for the advanced level

1. Verbs of the senses

2. What are the verbs of the senses?

3. What are the verbs of the senses?
 Look
 Smell
 Taste
 Sound
 Feel

4. • She looks Spanish. These shoes feel uncomfortable. That soup smells
delicious. This music sounds awful. The cake tastes delicious!
• You look like your mother. It sounds like thunder. This tastes like tea, not
coffee. It smells like roses.
• It looks as if / as though she has been crying. It sounds as if / as though
someone is trying to play the trumpet. It smells as if / as though
someone’s cooking. It seems as if / as though every time I clean the car it
rains.

5. • She looks Spanish. These shoes feel uncomfortable. That soup smells
delicious. This music sounds awful. The cake tastes delicious!

6. • She looks Spanish. These shoes feel uncomfortable. That soup smells
delicious. This music sounds awful. The cake tastes delicious!
look
feel
smell
sound
taste
ADJECTIVE

7. • You look like your mother. It sounds like thunder. This tastes like tea, not
coffee. It smells like roses.

8. • You look like your mother. It sounds like thunder. This tastes like tea, not
coffee. It seemed like a good idea at the beginning. It smells like roses.
look
feel
smell
sound
taste
NOUNlike

9. • It looks as if / as though she has been crying. It sounds as if / as though
someone is trying to play the trumpet. It smells as if / as though
someone’s cooking.

10. • It looks as if / as though she has been crying. It sounds as if / as though
someone is trying to play the trumpet. It smells as if / as though
someone’s cooking. It seems as if / as though every time I clean the car it
rains.
look
smell
sound
CLAUSEas if / as though

12. Complete the dialogue with smells, smells like, or smells as
if
Customer I’m looking for a perfume for my wife that smells nice and fresh.
Assistant What about this one? It 2______________ very flowery.
Customer No, I don’t like it. It 3_____________________ it’s for an older woman.
Assistant Try this one then – it’s called “Paris”.
Customer That’s very nice. It 4_________________ roses.

13. Complete the dialogue with smells, smells like, or smells as
if
Customer I’m looking for a perfume for my wife that smells nice and fresh.
Assistant What about this one? It 2 smells very flowery.
Customer No, I don’t like it. It 3 smells as if/though it’s for an older woman.
Assistant Try this one then – it’s called “Paris”.
Customer That’s very nice. It 4 smells like roses.

14. Assistant It’s very good quality and it feels very smooth. Touch it and see.
Tourist Hmm, yes. It 2 __________ silk. Is it silk?
Assistant No, it’s cotton but it 3 ______________ it’s made of silk.
Tourist The material 4 ____________very soft. I like it.
Complete the dialogue with feels, feels like, or feels as
if

15. Assistant It’s very good quality and it feels very smooth. Touch it and see.
Tourist Hmm, yes. It 2 feels like silk. Is it silk?
Assistant No, it’s cotton but it 3 feels as if it’s made of silk.
Tourist The material 4 feels very soft. I like it.
Complete the dialogue with feels, feels like, or feels as
if

16. Woman 1 Try a piece of this. It tastes delicious.
Woman 2 Mmm. This one 2 ____________ the cake my grandma used to make.
Woman 1 It’s very nice. It 3 ___________ there’s a little bit of orange in there.
Woman 2 That’s right! And it 4 _____________ much better than the shop-bought
cakes.
Complete the dialogue with tastes, tastes like, or
tastes as if

17. Woman 1 Try a piece of this. It tastes delicious.
Woman 2 Mmm. This one 2 tastes like the cake my grandma used to make.
Woman 1 It’s very nice. It 3 tastes as if there’s a little bit of orange in there.
Woman 2 That’s right! And it 4 tastes much better than the shop-bought cakes.
Complete the dialogue with tastes, tastes like, or
tastes as if

18. Woman You shouldn’t have said you wanted to come if you didn’t.
Man Why do you say that?
Woman You 1 ___________ you are totally bored!
Man I did want to come. It’s just that they all 2_______________ fine to me.
Woman Even the ones that make me 3_____________ I’m 60 years old?
Man OK, those ones 4____________a bit old-fashioned.
Woman And these ones that 5___________ something a 23-year-old would wear?
Man They 6______________ OK to me.
Woman Oh, you’re so helpful.
Complete the dialogue with look, look like, or look as
if

19. Woman You shouldn’t have said you wanted to come if you didn’t.
Man Why do you say that?
Woman You 1 look as if you are totally bored!
Man I did want to come. It’s just that they all 2 look fine to me.
Woman Even the ones that make me 3 look as if I’m 60 years old?
Man OK, those ones 4 look a bit old-fashioned.
Woman And these ones that 5 look like something a 23-year-old would wear?
Man They 6 look OK to me.
Woman Oh, you’re so helpful.
Complete the dialogue with look, look like, or look as
if

20. Engineer Wait! You’re coming in too soon. It 1 _________ wrong.
Guitarist It 2 ____________ fine to me.
Engineer No, it 3 _________ you’re rushing in.
Guitarist Well, how should it sound?
Engineer It should 4 ______________ an early 80s rock band, remember?
Complete the dialogue with sound, sound like, or
sound as if

21. Engineer Wait! You’re coming in too soon. It 1 sounds wrong.
Guitarist It 2 sounds fine to me.
Engineer No, it 3 sounds as if you’re rushing in.
Guitarist Well, how should it sound?
Engineer It should 4 sound like an early 80s rock band, remember?
Complete the dialogue with sound, sound like, or
sound as if