Look, feel, smell, sound, taste
• You look tired.
• The dog smells awful.
• The fish tastes delicious.
Look, feel, smell, sound, taste
• She looks like a model.
• This fabric feels like silk.
• The cake tastes like coffee.
I feel like playing cards tonight.
smell of, taste of vs. smell like, taste like
• The greengrocer’s smells of strawberries.
• This shampoo smells like strawberries.
• This soup tastes of chicken.
• Frog tastes like chicken to me.
Look, feel, smell, sound, taste
• He looks as if [he’s had a hard day].
• It smells as if [something’s burning].
• It sounds as though [someone is spanking the
dog].
It sounds like [it’s raining]. (informal)
Seem
Seem + adjective:
• You seem eager to learn new grammar!
Seem + like + noun:
• It seemed like a good idea.
Seem + as though/as if + clause:
• It seems as if [every time I clean the car it rains]!
Seem
Seem + infinitive:
• He seems to be a nice man.
• He seems to have had a hard day at work.
• He seems to be having a busy week at the office.
Take notice: there are other forms of infinitive besides the simple infinitive:
 to write: simple infinitive
 to have written: perfect infinitive
 to be writing: continuous infinitive
 to have been writing: perfect continuous infinitive
 to have been written: perfect passive infinitive
 and so on…
See, hear, watch, notice
• I heard the girl play a piece by Chopin.
• I heard the girl playing a piece by Chopin.
• I saw the man hit his dog.
• I saw the man hitting his dog every day.
Verbs of the senses can’t be continuous!

• I am hearing people talking outside the room. 
• I am seeing Fulvio coming down the corridor.
• I can see Fulvio coming down the corridor. 
• I can hear people talking outside the room. 
…except, of course, if they’re not verbs of the senses.
• I’ve been hearing good things about you. 
(hear = learn, come to know)
• I am seeing Maria tonight. 
(see = meet)