It Looks Good and Sounds Interesting
By the end: I can describe a simple impression with a linking verb and an adjective.
Try the activities, then check your answers.
Try the activities, then check your answers.
Choose a short recording.
Describe an impression
After look and sound in these uses, choose an adjective. Describe what you see or hear.
The room looks bright.
That idea sounds interesting.
Describe a sense
Taste, smell and feel can link the subject to an adjective.
The soup tastes salty.
This blanket feels soft.
What feels soft, and who feels it?
Fabric is the subject; soft describes the fabric.
I is the subject; carefully describes how I touch the fabric.
Change the verb normally
Use -s for a singular subject and do/does in questions. The adjective stays unchanged.
Do these shoes feel comfortable?
The milk doesn’t smell fresh.
Guided practice
Say or write your answer first. Compare form and meaning with the model.
1. Complete: This cake tastes ___. Choose sweet or sweetly.
Compare a model and explanation
sweet
The adjective describes the cake.
2. Complete: The flowers ___ lovely. Use smell.
Compare a model and explanation
smell
Plural flowers takes smell.
3. Correct: Your idea sounds interestingly.
Compare a model and explanation
Your idea sounds interesting.
The adjective describes the idea.
4. Make a question: This coat feels warm.
Compare a model and explanation
Does this coat feel warm?
Use does and feel.
5. Make negative: The bread smells fresh.
Compare a model and explanation
The bread doesn’t smell fresh.
Keep smell after doesn’t.
6. Describe a heavy bag using feels.
Compare a model and explanation
The bag feels heavy.
The adjective describes the bag.
7. Do I feel the fabric carefully and The fabric feels soft use feel in the same way?
Compare a model and explanation
No. The first is an action; the second describes the fabric.
An action can take an adverb; a linking use takes an adjective here.
8. Give two impressions of a room, one visual and one about its atmosphere.
Compare a model and explanation
The room looks clean. It feels comfortable.
Other suitable adjective choices are acceptable.
A short conversation
Listen first, then open the transcript when useful.
Open the conversation transcript
A: This café looks nice.
B: Yes, and the food smells wonderful.
A: How does your soup taste?
B: It tastes good, but it feels a little hot in here.
Listening checks
Listen to each extract or open its transcript. These three questions have a separate score.
Mastery quiz
Choose the best answer for each situation. The score is out of eight.
Use it in your own words
Speaking 1
Describe three nearby things using looks, feels or smells.
Reveal a possible response
The desk looks tidy. The chair feels hard. The coffee smells good.
Success check: Use adjectives after linking verbs.
Speaking 2
Respond to two imaginary plans with sounds.
Reveal a possible response
A picnic sounds nice. A long walk sounds tiring.
Success check: Express impressions, not guarantees.
Put it all together
Review a café in four short sentences using at least three different linking verbs.
Reveal a possible response
The café looks clean. The bread smells wonderful. The soup tastes good. The seats feel comfortable.
Success check: Keep adjectives unchanged and verbs correctly formed.
Take it with you
I can describe a simple impression with a linking verb and an adjective.