Sense verbs

Today we are going to look at some sense verbs in English. This lesson will help you understand how to use these very common verbs correctly. 

Firstly let’s look at a list of sense verbswith examples. 

to feel : I feel sick! 

to look : Catherine looks nice in her new dress. 

to sound : Your voice sounds tired. 

to see : I can see a bird in that tree. 

to hear : We heard the football fans shouting. 

to taste : I think paella tastes nice. 

to smell : Roses smell beautiful. 

to watch : At the weekend we normally watch a film together. 

We can use sense verbs to describe something along with an adjective, for example: 

• This meal tastes delicious, thank you. 

• That noise sounds horrible. 

• The food smells bad. Throw it away! 

• She looked too tired to go out. 

We can also use sense verbs with nouns with the following structure – subject + sense verb + like + object – to say that something is similar to or sounds, smells, tastes, etc, like something else. 

• You look so like my father; it’s unbelievable! 

• This perfume smells like vanilla. 

• You look like a clown dressed in those clothes. 

• That sounds like water dripping on the floor. 

So there you have it. 

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