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Exercises

Make a sentence using any of these verbs, look, sound, taste, touch and smell, plus an
adjective about the situations.
Example: You see a film about the Rocky Mountains. They look magnificent.
1 You come downstairs in the morning and smell fresh coffee.
2 A friend has just had her hair cut.
3 You hear the record that is top of the pops.
4 A friend, an excellent cook, tries a new soup recipe.
5 A friend asks how you feel today.
6 A little boy asks you to listen to his first attempts at the piano.
7 You see a friend of yours with a very worried look on her face.
8 Someone you are working with smells strongly of cigarettes.

Which of the verbs in the text in B suggests looking:
1 on as a crime or accident occurs? 4 quickly?
2 closely, finding it hard to make things out? 5 fixedly?
3 in a scientific kind of way?

1 .3 Replace the underlined words with a more interesting and precise verb from the opposite
page.
1 I saw a crime. 5 He touched the cat affectionately.
2 He looked fixedlv at me. 6 The zoologist looked at the lion's behaviour.
3 She & my hand firmly. 7 The robber the money and ran.
4 Touch the button to start. 8 I cpicklv looked at my watch.

Are the following best described as sweet, salty, bitter, sour, spicy or hot?
1 unsweetened coffee 3 chilli 5 Chinese cooking
2 pineapple 4 lime 6 sea water

Match the verbs used in E with these definitions.
1 to take something very quickly 3 to touch with the hands
2 to move between the fingers 4 to touch in an offensive way

Which of the adjectives in F describes best for you the smell of the following?
1 herbs in a kitchen 3 rotten eggs 5 a baby's bottom
2 old socks 4 roses 6 a hairdresser's

Which of the phenomena mentioned in G have you experienced if you:
1 see a flying saucer?
2 suddenly think of someone two minutes before they phone you?
3 see someone in white disappearing into a wall?
4 feel certain someone cannot be trusted although you have no real reason to believe so?
5 walk into a strange room and feel you have been there before?
6 refuse to travel on a plane because you feel something bad is going to happen?

Write a sentence about the most remarkable experience each of your six senses has had.

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