Verbs of Sensation- Discuss and Agree

Verbs of sensation discuss and agree

Discuss the appearance, smell, taste, texture of things such as those in the list on the next page and try to agree on sentences like the ones on this page.

 

Example sentences to complete and agree on

Half-completed sentences to complete and agree on

• __________________________________ looks a little/ quite/ very/ extremely ugly.
• _____________________________ smells a little/ quite/ very/ extremely disgusting.
• ___________________________________ feels a little/ quite/ very/ extremely itchy.
• _________________________________ tastes a little/ quite a lot/ a lot like chicken.
• ______________________________________________________ looks/ smells/ feels + a little/ quite/ very/ extremely disgusting but it tastes quite/ very/ extremely good.

 

Gapped sentences to complete and agree on

• ________________________ is cheaper than ________________________________ but it looks/ tastes/ smells/ feels/ sounds just as good.
• _______________________________ looks a lot like _________________________
• ______________________________ smells really ___________________________
• _____________________________ feels a little _____________________________
• __________________________ is similar to ________________________ but it looks/ smells/ sounds/ feels/ tastes (like)____________________________
• ________________ looks/ smells/ sounds/ feels/ tastes (like) ___________________ but it ___________________________
• ______________________ looks/ smells/ sounds/ feels/ tastes as good as ___________________________ but it _____________________________
• ___________________________ is better than __________________________ because it looks/ smells/ sounds/ feels/ tastes (like) ____________________________

 

Examples of things to agree on

• abstract paintings
• anchovies
• boil in the bag curry/ boil in the bag…
• Brussel sprouts
• (boiled) cabbage
• canned meat/ tinned fruit/ canned…/ tinned…
• cheap wine/ cheap…
• (blue/ mature/ processed/ Dutch/ American) cheese
• (cheap/ very cheap/ dark/ very dark) chocolate
• cilantro
• combover
• coriander
• cough medicine
• diet cola/ diet…
• Donald Trump’s hair/ skin/…
• durian
• dyed hair
• fake eyelashes/ fur/ meat/ tan/…
• frozen peas/…
• gingko tree fruit
• grey hair/ hair speckled with grey
• heavy rock music
• kimchi
• lamb
• Marmite/ Vegemite
• microwave meals
• milk
• Picasso paintings
• rabbit meat
• raw meat/ raw…
• shell fish (oysters, etc)
• smelly erasers/ smelly tofu/ smelly…
• spicy crisps/ spicy…
• soy milk
• tap water
• tattoos
• the countryside
• tofu
• Tokyo Station
• Tokyo Tower
• tripe (liver, kidney, etc)
• vegan cheese/ vegan…
• vegetarian sausages/ vegetarian…
• wigs/ hairpieces
• wool