1 / 9

Look, feel, smell, sound, taste

Look, feel, smell, sound, taste. You look tired . The dog smells awful . The fish tastes delicious. Look, feel, smell, sound, taste. She looks like a model . This fabric feels like silk . The cake tastes like coffee . I feel like playing cards tonight.

zurina
Download Presentation

Look, feel, smell, sound, taste

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Look, feel, smell, sound, taste • You looktired. • The dog smellsawful. • The fish tastesdelicious.

  2. Look, feel, smell, sound, taste • She looks likea model. • This fabric feels likesilk. • The cake tastes likecoffee. • I feel like playing cards tonight.

  3. smell of, taste of vs. smell like, taste like • The greengrocer’s smells of strawberries. • This shampoo smells like strawberries. • This soup tastes of chicken. • Frog tastes like chicken to me.

  4. Look, feel, smell, sound, taste • He looks as if [he’s had a hard day]. • It smells as if [something’s burning]. • It sounds as though [someone is spanking the dog]. • It sounds like [it’s raining]. (informal)

  5. Seem Seem + adjective: • You seemeager to learn new grammar! Seem + like + noun: • It seemed like a good idea. Seem + as though/as if + clause: • It seems as if [every time I clean the car it rains]!

  6. Seem Seem + infinitive: • He seemsto be a nice man. • He seemsto have had a hard day at work. • He seemsto be having a busy week at the office. Take notice: there are other forms of infinitive besides the simple infinitive: • to write: simple infinitive • to have written: perfect infinitive • to be writing: continuous infinitive • to have been writing: perfect continuous infinitive • to have been written: perfect passive infinitive • and so on…

  7. See, hear, watch, notice • I heard the girl play a piece by Chopin. • I heard the girl playing a piece by Chopin. • I saw the man hit his dog. • I saw the man hitting his dog every day.

  8. Verbs of the senses can’t be continuous! • I am seeing Fulvio coming down the corridor.  • I am hearing people talking outside the room. • I can see Fulvio coming down the corridor.  • I can hear people talking outside the room. 

  9. …except, of course, if they’re not verbs of the senses. • I’ve been hearing good things about you.  (hear = learn, come to know) • I am seeing Maria tonight.  (see = meet)

More Related