This document provides a grammar exercise about verbs of perception. It contains multiple sections with sentences to be completed using verbs of perception like "see", "hear", "smell", "feel", and "watch" either in their base form or present participle form. The passages are about perceiving actions like talking, looking, singing, shaking with fear, walking away, holding hands, kissing, arguing, sneezing, touching, breathing, following, moving, running, opening doors, practicing music, barking, smiling, and laughing. The document tests the ability to use verbs of perception in different tenses and with different subjects in short sentences.
This document provides a grammar exercise about verbs of perception. It contains multiple sections with sentences to be completed using verbs of perception like "see", "hear", "smell", "feel", and "watch" either in their base form or present participle form. The passages are about perceiving actions like talking, looking, singing, shaking with fear, walking away, holding hands, kissing, arguing, sneezing, touching, breathing, following, moving, running, opening doors, practicing music, barking, smiling, and laughing. The document tests the ability to use verbs of perception in different tenses and with different subjects in short sentences.
This document provides a grammar exercise about verbs of perception. It contains multiple sections with sentences to be completed using verbs of perception like "see", "hear", "smell", "feel", and "watch" either in their base form or present participle form. The passages are about perceiving actions like talking, looking, singing, shaking with fear, walking away, holding hands, kissing, arguing, sneezing, touching, breathing, following, moving, running, opening doors, practicing music, barking, smiling, and laughing. The document tests the ability to use verbs of perception in different tenses and with different subjects in short sentences.
VERBS OF PERCEPTION + PRESENT PARTICIPLE OR BASE FORM OF VERBS.
A. Complete these sentences with the words in brackets. Example I couldnt see anything _________ (move). I couldnt see anything _m__o_v_i_n_g__ .
1. Im sure I heard him _________ (talk) to you. 2. Have you lost something? I noticed you _________ (look) under the chair. 3. Can you hear Sam _________ (sing)? Its beautiful. 4. It was so frightening. I could feel you _________ (shake) with fear. 5. She watched him _________ (walk) away. 6. I saw you _________ (hold) his hand.
B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of these words.
sneeze argue kiss hold burn touch
1. Hi Mary! Was that you I saw ______ Peter at the party? 2. I could feel something ______ my leg, but I didnt know what it was. 3. I could hear two people ______ with each other. 4. I heard someone ______ loudly behind me. 5. Im sure I saw you ______ his hand. 6. Can you smell something ________?
C. Complete the story with the correct form of the words in the box.
breathe burn follow move run watch
One evening I was walking home and I started to feel very nervous. I was walking down a very dark street and I could feel I wasnt alone. I could feel someone (1) _______________ me and I was sure I could hear their footsteps (2) ___ ____________ me. I stopped and listened carefully. Yes! There it was. I could hear someone (3) _______________ loudly and smell their cigarette (4) _______________. I turned round quickly and saw something (5) ______________ out of the corner of my eye. Then BANG! The last thing I remember is that I heard the sound of feet (6) ______________ away, and then I woke up and found myself lying in this hospital bed.
D. COMPLETE WITH THE BASE FORM OR THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE
1. I heard someone ___________ the door while I was in the shower. (open) 2. As I drove by, I saw your friend ___________ on the road. (walk) 3. It is wonderful to hear the birds _____________ every morning. (sing) 4. I heard Joanna __________ for her piano recital on my way out of the house. (practice) 5. I heard Joanna __________ for her piano recital last nigh. (practice) 6. I heard the dog ____________ at the mailman when he delivered the mail yesterday. (bark) 7. I heard the dog ____________ at the new neighbor while I was driving into the garage. (bark) 8. Before we realized it, we saw a deer _______________ across the road just in front of our car. Thankfully, he got to the other side safely, because we could not have avoided hitting him. (run)
9. Before we realized it, we saw a deer ______________across the road, right in front of us. We put on our brakes quickly and just missed hitting him by an inch, as he leapt quickly out of the path of the car. (run)
10. When we were driving upstate, we heard the Eastern Regional Symphony _________Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. It was excellent from beginning to end.
11. When we were driving upstate, we heard the Eastern Regional Symphony playing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. It was excellent, but unfortunately we couldn't hear all of it because we got out of range of the radio station. (play)
12. It's wonderful to see a baby __________ and hear a baby_________ when he plays. (smile/ laugh)
13. It's wonderful to see a baby ____________and hear a baby___________ when playing with his daddy. (smile/ laugh)