7/21/2019 gr.seem

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www.autoenglish.org Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2008 

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 smell sound like

feel like (X2) seem smell like (X2) taste

look (X2) 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

7/21/2019 gr.seem

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/grseem 2/2

www.autoenglish.org Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2008 

nswers 

1 Ingrid looks really Greek but actually she's from Germany.2 What's for lunch, I wonder? Hmmm. It smells like fish and chips.3 Can you hear that? It sounds like a cat on heat4 It feels like real fur but it’s artificial which means no animals had to be killed.5 Yeah. That seems like a good idea to me.6 It's clouding over. It looks like rain.

7 It's time to change the bag. The bin smells terrible.8 She seems very friendly.9 She seems like a nice person.

10 That jacket looks great.11 It looks like wool and it feels like wool but really it isn't.12 Blimey! Where's that dreadful pong coming from? It smells like rotten eggs.13 Slurp. This soup tastes delicious. You must give me the recipe.14 Someone’s been sitting in this chair before me. It feels warm.15 This song sound familiar.16 CUSTOMER This coffee tastes like mud.

WAITER Well, it was only ground this morning.