Fill in the blanks with an appropriate form of smell.
1Yesterday, we ............... the stew out in the hallway.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "smelled" and "smelt" are correct past-tense forms here.
2The room ............... of incense.
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Use "smells" to describe the room's present odor as a state.
3This cheese ............... bad.
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Use "smells" to describe the cheese's odor as a quality.
4I ............... something funny about that plan.
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Use "smell" in the expression "smell something funny" to mean sense that something is wrong.
5These flowers smell ...............
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After the linking verb "smell", use the adjective "beautiful".
6The cake smells ...............
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After the linking verb "smell", use the adjective "delicious".
7The room smelt ............... cigarettes.
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Use "of" after "smell" to say what odor fills a place.
8Your dog ............... terrible.
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Use "smells" to describe the dog's odor as a quality.
9I ............... something burning.
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Use "can smell" to say that you notice an odor now.
10Look, I ............... the fish to see if it is fresh.
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Use "am smelling" for a deliberate action happening right now.
11She always smells ............... lavender.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "of" and "like" can describe the odor someone has.
12I can smell something ............... here.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "rotten" and "rotting" can describe the unpleasant thing being smelled.
Answers
- Yesterday, we smelled / smelt the stew out in the hallway.
- The room smells of incense.
- This cheese smells bad.
- I smell something funny about that plan.
- These flowers smell beautiful.
- The cake smells delicious.
- The room smelt of cigarettes.
- Your dog smells terrible.
- I can smell something burning.
- Look, I am smelling the fish to see if it is fresh.
- She always smells of / like lavender.
- I can smell something rotten / rotting here.
