Grammar: Verbs of the senses p. 99

Watch the video to revise the rule and then do the exercise. Choose the correct alternative.
1 This song ________ strange, I don't like the rhythm.
2 This fabric flower ________ a real one, touch it!
3 You don't ________ happy, you aren't smiling.
4 Does that perfume ________ nice and fresh?
5 It ________ they're changing their minds.
6 We went to a gallery, all the people there ________ interested.
7 It ________ a lie, but it's actually true.
8 Do the cupcakes ________ sweet enough?
9 The dog in the painting doesn't ________ a real animal.
10 We phoned him and he didn't ________ he was having fun.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs look, sound, smell, taste, feel, seem. Add like or as if when necessary. The words in brackets can help you choose the correct verb.
1 The roast beef ________ delicious, I want to eat it now! (sensation)
2 Yesterday I called Nell. Her voice ________ sad, it ________ she were in another world. (sensation; comparison to an imaginary situation)
3 You ________ tired and your eyes are red. How long have you been working? (sensation)
4 That man ________ a famous actor who stars in my favourite TV series: he's really good-looking. (comparison between two similar people)
5 Their situation is difficult and it ________ too late to do anything. (sensation)
6 The sweater ________ wool, but it's actually a man-made fibre. (comparison between two similar things)
7 Those books ________ they were old, but it's because they're made with recycled paper. (comparison to an imaginary situation)
8 The chocolate cake ________ a bit bitter. (sensation)

Choose the correct alternative. Then think about the text. Have you got a favourite book? What interesting book have you read recently? Make any changes you need and use it for your oral production.
My favourite book is called Dear Martin and it's by American writer Nic Stone. I read it last year. I can't remember when exactly, but it ________ have been January or February because I'd received it for Christmas and I wanted to read it before the other books I had as the title and the cover ________ very interesting.
It's the story of black teenager Justyce McAllister, top of his class and set for Yale university, who is arrested unfairly by the police. The ________ is contemporary Atlanta. Looking for answers about racism in the USA, the ________ decides to write a series of letters to the deceased Martin Luther King Jr. It ________ as if he's asking for advice to the iconic social rights activist, but, while writing letters, Justyce reasons on racial issues in today's society.
I love the book because it's gripping and the plot is interesting. I remember I read it ________ in a couple of days.
The novel belongs to the genre of 'realistic fiction', which is not something I usually enjoy: I always have my ________ in a book, but I love sci-fi novels and thrillers. My friend Ally, who gave me Dear Martin, ________ it for the reviews she'd read online (it was a New York Times best-seller) or for the beautiful cover. Anyway, it was a great choice!