Feel like meaning in English
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Definition
to feel like (sleeping): to want, to desire (sleep)
To feel like is followed by a gerund (a verb in the ING form) when followed directly by a verb:
I feel like going to the movies.
This is an irregular verb:
I feel like / I felt like / I have felt like
I feel like (I'm making progress): I think that, believe that (I'm making progress)
this feels like (real leather): this resembles, seems like (real leather) to the touch
Examples
- "Other times, I feel like I could travel for the rest of my life."
- "When she speaks to me I feel like I am the only person in the room."
- "Australian woman : Bruno, I've never said this to anyone before, but you make me feel like a boomerang."
- "Philip : Yeah, and this sure doesn't feel like Angelina Jolie."
- "I feel like Brian Jones is going to walk in here any second and say "Hello chaps."
- "Icarus : I don't feel like I can cope."
- "Sometimes I feel like I'm pregnant with hundreds of thoughts and words and ideas, and I must give birth to them all!"
- "Perhaps you were his customer, perhaps his grandchild, or perhaps a stranger who just likes to attend funerals, but the fact is, that with Xavier, everyone felt like his friend."
- "Do you feel like you're really learning?"
- "Perhaps you were his customer, perhaps his grandchild, or perhaps a stranger who just likes to attend funerals, but the fact is everyone felt like his friend."
- "If you still feel like upgrading to first class or business class, then the money to pay for the upgrade will have to come out of your own pocket."
- "Bruno : I felt like the king of the world while Betty's banquet continued."
- "Edward : (singing) Sometimes I feel like such a loner, trying to fill the printer with toner"
- "Listen, do you feel like meeting for dinner tonight so we could catch up face to face?"
- "Luna : I think it's important everyone here feels like they have friends."
- "Hopefully, he'll join us when he feels like it."
Exercise 1
Perception Problems! Complete the sentences below with the verbs from the following list:
Taste | Hear | Sound | Feel | Listen | Touch | Smell
Not all verbs are used, and verbs should be conjugated correctly.
This band is terrible! Their music like dogs barking.
I think my pants are torn. It like they have a hole in them.
Take this cake out of my mouth! It like a rubber shoe.
Ugh! The kitchen is disgusting! It like something is burning!
Taste | Hear | Sound | Feel | Listen | Touch | Smell
Not all verbs are used, and verbs should be conjugated correctly.
This band is terrible! Their music like dogs barking.
I think my pants are torn. It like they have a hole in them.
Take this cake out of my mouth! It like a rubber shoe.
Ugh! The kitchen is disgusting! It like something is burning!
Perception Problems! Complete the sentences below with the verbs from the following list:
Taste | Hear | Sound | Feel | Listen | Touch | Smell
Not all verbs are used, and verbs should be conjugated correctly.
This band is terrible! Their music sounds 1 like dogs barking.
I think my pants are torn. It feels 2 like they have a hole in them.
Take this cake out of my mouth! It tastes 3 like a rubber shoe.
Ugh! The kitchen is disgusting! It smells 4 like something is burning!
Taste | Hear | Sound | Feel | Listen | Touch | Smell
Not all verbs are used, and verbs should be conjugated correctly.
This band is terrible! Their music sounds 1 like dogs barking.
I think my pants are torn. It feels 2 like they have a hole in them.
Take this cake out of my mouth! It tastes 3 like a rubber shoe.
Ugh! The kitchen is disgusting! It smells 4 like something is burning!
1 sounds: "Sound" or "hearing" is one of the 5 major senses. It describes the perception of sound or noise through the ears. To describe the noise or sound, we describe what it "sounds like".
2 feels: "Touch" is one of the 5 major senses, however to describe the sensation that something, such as a fabric has, we use the verb "feel". "Feel" describes the perception of touch or contact, using the fingers or any other part of the body.
3 tastes: "Taste" is one of the 5 major senses. It describes the perception of flavor orally, or through the mouth. To describe the flavor of something, we describe what it "tastes like". In this scene, Shane and Greg compare the "taste" of water.
4 smells: "Smell" is one of the 5 major senses. It describes the perception of odor or scent through the nose. To describe the odor or aroma of something, we describe what it "smells like".
Exercise 2
Listen to the audio, then fill in the blanks with the missing terms.
Bruno, I've never said this to before, but you make me like a boomerang. I just keep for more.
Listen to the audio, then fill in the blanks with the missing terms.
Bruno, I've never said this to anyone before, but you make me feel like a boomerang. I just keep coming back for more.
Exercise 3
Perception Problems! Complete the sentences below with the verbs from the following list:
Taste | Hear | Sound | Feel | Listen | Touch | Smell
Not all verbs are used, and verbs should be conjugated correctly.
This band is terrible! Their music like dogs barking.
I think my pants are torn. It like they have a hole in them.
Take this cake out of my mouth! It like a rubber shoe.
Ugh! The kitchen is disgusting! It like something is burning!
Taste | Hear | Sound | Feel | Listen | Touch | Smell
Not all verbs are used, and verbs should be conjugated correctly.
This band is terrible! Their music like dogs barking.
I think my pants are torn. It like they have a hole in them.
Take this cake out of my mouth! It like a rubber shoe.
Ugh! The kitchen is disgusting! It like something is burning!
Perception Problems! Complete the sentences below with the verbs from the following list:
Taste | Hear | Sound | Feel | Listen | Touch | Smell
Not all verbs are used, and verbs should be conjugated correctly.
This band is terrible! Their music sounds 1 like dogs barking.
I think my pants are torn. It feels 2 like they have a hole in them.
Take this cake out of my mouth! It tastes 3 like a rubber shoe.
Ugh! The kitchen is disgusting! It smells 4 like something is burning!
Taste | Hear | Sound | Feel | Listen | Touch | Smell
Not all verbs are used, and verbs should be conjugated correctly.
This band is terrible! Their music sounds 1 like dogs barking.
I think my pants are torn. It feels 2 like they have a hole in them.
Take this cake out of my mouth! It tastes 3 like a rubber shoe.
Ugh! The kitchen is disgusting! It smells 4 like something is burning!
1 sounds: "Sound" or "hearing" is one of the 5 major senses. It describes the perception of sound or noise through the ears. To describe the noise or sound, we describe what it "sounds like".
2 feels: "Touch" is one of the 5 major senses, however to describe the sensation that something, such as a fabric has, we use the verb "feel". "Feel" describes the perception of touch or contact, using the fingers or any other part of the body.
3 tastes: "Taste" is one of the 5 major senses. It describes the perception of flavor orally, or through the mouth. To describe the flavor of something, we describe what it "tastes like". In this scene, Shane and Greg compare the "taste" of water.
4 smells: "Smell" is one of the 5 major senses. It describes the perception of odor or scent through the nose. To describe the odor or aroma of something, we describe what it "smells like".
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