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(Meriel Rhodes TP9) Analysis of meaning, form and pron Possible learner problems with MFP How I will convey and check meaning

Sentence form: present simple +/- (no time to cover the past forms in detail but might mention them (on WB) in final round off time allowing) M: F: P: It looks delicious It + Subj + / / looks Verb (look) p.s. + + delicious adjective Meaning & Pron It looks delicious, Have I tasted it yet? Do I know it tastes good? Do I think it will taste good? I dont know for sure but I think it will taste good. Yes, I have the impression it will taste good. Do I want to taste it? It looks like a pizza. Do I know it is a pizza? Do I think it is a pizza? Am I comparing it to a pizza? Do I think it looks similar? Do I think it is a sandwich?

M: F: NF: P: M: F: It Subj

It looks like a pizza It Subj It Subj / / It looks as if you made it yourself + + looks + Verb (look) p.s. + like/as if like + + you made it yourself. phrase containing a verb. + + + + looks Verb (look) p.s. + + like like + + a pizza noun a pizza noun

doesnt + look + like + (does not) + Verb (look) p.s. + like +

May confuse meaning of feel I feel like a carrot I feel like going to the bar (meaning I want) Deal with this alternative use if it comes up. Ss may need clarification that looks like can be followed by a noun or a phrase with verb but that a noun can only come after like and NOT as if.

It looks as if you made it yourself. Do I know you made it yourself? Do I think you made it yourself? Do I imagine from looking at it that you made it yourself? If it looks as if you made it yourself do I think you bought it in a shop?

P: Meaning (seems / appears) The verbs of sensation convey an impression. Looks You look sad Do I know you are sad? Do I think you are sad? Yes, I get the impression from your face that you are sad. Looks like You look like your sister. Am I comparing you to your sister? Do I think you look similar to her? Yes, I have the impression that you 2 are similar in appearance. Looks as if He looks as if he works in an office. Do I know that he works in an office? Do I think he works in an office? Yes, I get the impression from his appearance that he works in an office. Smells The flowers smell wonderful. Have I experienced the flowers scent? Do I think the scent is good? Yes, I have the impression the flowers have a lovely scent. You smell like fish. Do I think you are a fish? Can I smell fish? Do I think the smell is coming from you? Do I think your smell and the way a fish smells are similar? Yes, I have the impression that you smell of fish. It smells as if something is burning. Can I smell something? Do I think it something is on fire? Yes, I have the impression that something is on fire. Sounds Feels It feels like wood. Have I touched wood before? Do I know how wood feels? Do I think it is or is similar to wood? Tastes It tastes like mozzarella. Do I know how mozzarella tastes? Do I think it is mozarella? Maybe, but Im not sure. Do I think it tastes similar? The vocabulary in last exercise should be familiar to students on the whole but will discuss and elicit meaning in advance of Freer practice. Tutor comments: