Verb of the senses

When we talk about the

impression someone
gives us through the
senses we use

LOOK, SMELL, FEEL,

SOUND, TASTE.
 Verb of the senses
● Use a verb of the
senses +Adjective
Ex.“You look tired”
“That smells delicious”

“This music sounds awful”

“These shoes feel

comfortable”
 Verb of the senses
● Use a verb of the
senses+like+noun
Ex“This sounds like a bomb”
“You look like your brother”
“This tastes like tea, not coffee”

● FEEL LIKE= want, would like to

“I don't feel like going out” means
“I don't want to go out”
 Verb of the senses
● Use a verb of the ● like+a clause is very
senses+as if/as colloquial. “He looks like
though+a clause he needs a holiday”

Ex “She looks as if she's

● As if/as though is
been crying” preferred.
“It sounds as if someone's
been trying to open the door”
“It smells as though it's
raining”
Verb of the senses
●
Smell/taste +of . When we think
sth really is what it smells or tastes
of.
Ex.“Open the window- it smells of
gas in here” “The strawberry ice-
cream really tastes of straberries”
●
When we use verbs with like, we
are saying that sth smells or tastes
similar to something else.
Ex.”This meat tastes like chicken”=
similar to chicken