The verb to smell
Smell- smelled, smelled (BrE also smelt, smelt )
Smell — to have a particular smell — пахнуть (not used in Continuous tenses)
Smell — to experience the smell of something by putting your nose close to it — нюхать (is used in Continuous tenses)
Fill in smell in its forms.
1. Dinner … good.
2. The old crocodile … … hook not bait.
3. His breath … of garlic.
4. What … the perfume … like?
5. Turakina wrinkled her nose as if she … … bad meat.
6. He hadn’t washed for days and was beginning ….
7. It … … me.
8. It … delicious.
9. Why … you … the soup?
10. The laboratory … strongly of chemicals.
11. There’s something in the fridge that … mouldy.
12. I’… … the rose now.
13. Her jacket … of smoke.
14. Cigarettes make your clothes … awful.
15. The dog … … Bob’s clothing. I hope the dog can find Bob!
Note: the examples were taken from authentic English dictionaries..
The material was taken from Upstream Proficiency by Virginia Evans -Jenny Dooley.