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Perception verbs

  Quelques verbes de perception

 

hear	Have you heard that cry?	smell	This smoke smells terrible.
feel	Do you still feel hungry?	sound	This opera sounds boring.
listen to	She is listening to music.	see	When I saw the house, I loved it.
look	Look! There is a nice bird flying.	taste	Could you taste this soup?
seem	Doesn't that seem strange to you?	watch	We sat and watched the sunset.

Utilisation de ces verbes.

    1. Après les verbes de perception: Base verbale ou  verbe + ing

     I can smell something burning   ( verbe en -ing l'action est en cours. Qu'est-ce qui peut bien brûler?)

         I saw Mike fall off his bike (verbe à l'infinitif sans to, j'ai vu toute l'action,

                                                                                                 elle est terminée et n'a pas duré longtemps)

           Les verbes de perception ne sont jamais suivis d'un infinitif avec 'to' à la voix active.

    2. Inversion verbe sujet

              I saw two people come in.      ( j'ai vu entrer deux personnes)

              Listen to what Tom is saying.   (écoute ce que dit Tom)

     3.  Verbes de perception et adjectifs

           This cake tastes delicious ( après le verbe il faut mettre un adjectif, attribut, qui décrit le sujet)

                                     This cake tastes deliciously : l'adverbe ne convient pas , un adverbe modifie un verbe. Ici

                                                                                         c'est  la tarte qui est délicieuse.

                 Betty looks good in that dress. (et non looks 'well' qui est l'adverbe de good)

  4.  Verbes de perception + like

     Sarah looks like her sister Sonia.  They don't look like their brother Tom.

           This wine tastes like sherry.

     Pour signaler des ressemblances entre deux noms (ou pronoms) on fait suivre le verbe de 'like'

                                                         subject + verb + like + object

                                              Kids will eat anything if it tastes like pizza.

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1. Can you see the baby to crawlcrawlcrawling on all fours?

2. You shouldn't laugh when you see people slipslippedto slip on banana skins.

3. Have you heard to bang the door?the door bang?bang the door?

4. We have bought a marble table. It's nice but its feels likelooksfeel is cold.

5. Did you see go out my sister?my sister go out?my sister to go out?

6. Fireworks looklook likefeel like giant flowers.

7. I don't like beer, it tastes likesmellstastes bitter.

8. Stop it! That violin fellssoundssounds like awful.

9. This perfume smells likesmellssounds like roses.
10. My cat's fur is like velvet to me when I feelseemsfeels it.