P.9 Ex. 4b
ANSWERS:
1 I can smell something burning. Is the oven on?
(Smell is a sense and is often used with can to describe
something that is happening now.)
2 We like rally racing, but it’s a little bit loud.
(Like is a ‘stative’ verb and isn't normally used in the continuous form.)
3 I thought he’d left the country! I must be seeing things. (The continuous form is used here and
changes the meaning of the verb see. Here it means ‘imagining’, rather than seeing with my eyes.)
4 That man looks just like my father, the one over there who is looking at his watch.
(To look like means ‘to resemble’ and can’t be used in the continuous
form, whereas to look isn’t a ‘stative’ verb and so it can be used in the continuous form to describe something happeningnow.)
5 Can you turn the light on? I can’t see. (See is a sense
and is often used with can to describe something that is
happening now.)
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