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A1 Grammar • 12 Mins

Look / feel + adjective

Describing what we see and how we feel in family photos.

📷 Theme: Family Photos

💡 How to use this lesson

👩‍🏫 For the Teacher

Spend 4 minutes explaining the 4 rules with example photos. Spend 8 minutes guiding students through the 12 practice exercises and checking answers.

🎓 For the Learner

Read the 4 rule cards carefully and notice the underlined words. Complete the 12 practice tasks from easy to hard and check your score.

Grammar Rules

What we see

Use look + adjective for what you see in a person or thing. Do not add be, at, or like.

RIGHT: Your sister looks small here.

WRONG: Your sister is look small here.

Inside feelings

Use feel + adjective for an inside feeling. It is how a person is, not what you see.

RIGHT: The boy feels shy today in the shot.

WRONG: The boy is feel shy today in the shot.

Use adjectives, not -ly words

Use an adjective after look and feel. Do not use an adverb with -ly.

RIGHT: My grandma looks very calm in the photograph.

WRONG: My grandma looks very calmly in the photograph.

He / She / It & Question forms

With he, she, it, use looks and feels. After do or does, use the base verb look or feel.

RIGHT: Does your dad feel nervous in a suit?

WRONG: Does your dad feels nervous in a suit?

⚡ Golden Rule ⚡

LOOK = what you SEE | FEEL = how you ARE inside

📷 Family Photo Album

A cozy family photo album open on a table showing printed photographs of smiling people with different hairstyles and su

Vocabulary Note:

Look at this photograph and this print! In this shot, my uncle wears a nice dark suit with a big happy grin. Grandpa has tiny wrinkles around his eyes, and my sister has a new fringe!

Practice Exercises (12 Items)

Complete each question. Every question includes a hint in brackets.

Part 1 Choose the correct sentence

1. Choose the correct sentence about the photo. (adjective)

____ a. Uncle Ben looks serious in this old photograph. ____ b. Uncle Ben looks seriously in this old photograph. ____ c. Uncle Ben is look serious in this old photograph.

2. Choose the correct sentence about feelings. (adjective)

____ a. My cousin feels like awake after his morning coffee. ____ b. My cousin feels awake after his morning coffee. ____ c. My cousin is feel awake after his morning coffee.

3. Choose the correct question form. (adjective)

____ a. Does your grandpa feels tired in this photo? ____ b. Is your grandpa feel tired in this photo? ____ c. Does your grandpa feel tired in this photo?

Part 2 Rewrite sentences with look or feel

4. Rewrite using the verb in brackets: "My sister is cute with her new fringe. (look)" (adjective)

____ (Type your sentence here...)

5. Rewrite using the verb in brackets: "I am happy with this photo print. (feel)" (adjective)

____ (Type your sentence here...)

6. Rewrite using the verb in brackets: "The kids are warm in their winter suits. (look)" (adjective)

____ (Type your sentence here...)

Part 3 Fill in the gaps

7. Your mom looks _____ in this holiday shot! (adjective)

____ happy ____ happily

8. My brother has a big grin, but he _____ nervous before the party. (adjective)

____ feel ____ feels

9. They _____ very tanned after their beach vacation. (adjective)

____ look ____ are look

Part 4 Correct errors in short messages

💬 Message: "Look at this photo print! My dad looks proudly."

10. Write the corrected second sentence. (adjective)

____ (Type corrected sentence...)

💬 Message: "Does she looks happy with her long fringe in this shot?"

11. Write the corrected sentence. (adjective)

____ (Type corrected sentence...)

💬 Message: "My uncle is look handsome in his dark suit today."

12. Write the corrected sentence. (look)

____ (Type corrected sentence...)

Grammar: Look / feel + adjective

Look / feel + adjective

💡 How to use this lesson

Grammar Rules

What we see

Inside feelings

Use adjectives, not -ly words

He / She / It & Question forms

LOOK = what you SEE | FEEL = how you ARE inside

📷 Family Photo Album

Practice Exercises (12 Items)

Part 1 Choose the correct sentence

Part 2 Rewrite sentences with look or feel

Part 3 Fill in the gaps

Part 4 Correct errors in short messages

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