Look Like and Seem Exercise
feel/look/seem/smell/sound/taste + LIKE + NOUN PHRASE
He looks like a crazy rabbit
feel/look/seem/smell/sound/taste + ADJECTIVE
He looks crazy
feel with your fingers
look with your eyes
seem for the abstract
smell with your nose
sound with your ears
taste with your tongue
Fill each gap with the appropriate verb in the correct form.
feel
look like
feel like (X2) seem
look (X2)
smell
sound like
smell like (X2) taste
seem like (X2) sound
taste like
1 Ingrid .............................. really Greek but actually she's from Germany.
2 What's for lunch, I wonder? Hmmm. It .............................. fish and chips.
3 Can you hear that? It .............................. a cat on heat.
4 It .............................. real fur but it’s artificial which means no animals had to be killed.
5 Yeah. That .............................. a good idea to me.
6 It's clouding over. It .............................. rain.
7 It's time to change the bag. The bin .............................. terrible.
8 She .............................. very friendly.
9 She .............................. a nice person.
10 That jacket .............................. great.
11 It looks like wool and it .............................. wool but really it isn't.
12 Blimey! Where's that dreadful pong* coming from? It .............................. rotten eggs.
13 Slurp. This soup .............................. delicious. You must give me the recipe.
14 Someone’s been sitting in this chair before me. It .............................. warm.
15 This song .............................. familiar.
16 CUSTOMER This coffee .............................. mud.
WAITER Well, it was only ground this morning.
* pong = bad smell
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Ingrid looks really Greek but actually she's from Germany.
What's for lunch, I wonder? Hmmm. It smells like fish and chips.
Can you hear that? It sounds like a cat on heat
It feels like real fur but it’s artificial which means no animals had to be killed.
Yeah. That seems like a good idea to me.
It's clouding over. It looks like rain.
It's time to change the bag. The bin smells terrible.
She seems very friendly.
She seems like a nice person.
That jacket looks great.
It looks like wool and it feels like wool but really it isn't.
Blimey! Where's that dreadful pong coming from? It smells like rotten eggs.
Slurp. This soup tastes delicious. You must give me the recipe.
Someone’s been sitting in this chair before me. It feels warm.
This song sound familiar.
CUSTOMER This coffee tastes like mud.
WAITER Well, it was only ground this morning.
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Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2008