EXTRA English 8 The Landlady’s Cousin Grammatik und Übungen
Verbs of the senses: sound, smell, look, feel, taste, seem Verbs of the senses are followed by adjectives, not adverbs.
• It’ll look fantastic.
• She sounds awful.
• These flowers smell beautiful.
A) Complete these sentences with a suitable adjective from this list.
awful – comfortable – delicious – professional – soft – unhappy
1. This soup is wonderful! It tastes _ delicious _____ ! 2. Turn off the music! It sounds __ awful_ ___ ___ !
3. Thank you so much! The pullover feels very _ __comfortable______ . 4. What's wrong with Sam? He looks really ___ __unhappy_ ___ . 5. I like this material very much. It feels very __ __soft_ ____ . 6. I like this teacher. She seems very __ __professional__ ___ .
The verbs of the senses are usually in the present simple tense, not the present continuous tense.
• The soup tastes delicious.
• She seems very nice.
B) Complete these sentences, using a verb of the senses.
1. There's a man in the street. He _ _looks_____ suspicious.
2. I'm eating a hamburger. It __ _tastes___ ___ awful!
3. We're listening to a band called the Scissor Sisters. They ___sound______ great.
4. What are you cooking? It __ _smells______ wonderful!
5. I want to know what's in this package. It __feels__ unusual.
6. I'm talking to Bob on the phone. He ___ seems__ _ unhappy.
Use like when the verbs are followed by a noun; use as if when they are followed by a clause:
• He looks like a pop star.
• It sounds as if there's been an accident.
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EXTRA English 8 The Landlady’s Cousin Grammatik und Übungen
C) Complete these sentences using an expression with like or as if.
1. What's happened in the kitchen?! It smells __as if you burnt something_______ . 2. I've just been listening to the news on the radio. It sounds _ as if there has been
an accident _ .
3. Look at that guy in the street. He's covered in snow! He looks __like a snowman_____ . 4. What's in this parcel? It feels _ _like a book_______ .
5. What's in this sandwich? It tastes __like onions_______ .
6. When Tom and Sarah left the room they were both very angry. It seems __as if they were having an argument_______ .
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