You look tired. That cake smells good! These jeans don't feel confortable. Tim looks like his father. Are you sure this is coffee? It tastes like tea. This material feels like silk - is it? She looks as if she's been crying. It smells as if something's burning. It sounds as if it's raining. I saw Jane this morning. She looked sad. I spoke to Jane this morning. She seemed sad.
We use look, feel, etc + adjective
You look tired. That cake smells good! These jeans don't feel confortable.
We use look, feel, etc + like + noun (phrase)
Tim looks like his father. Are you sure this is coffee? It tastes like tea. This material feels like silk - is it?
We use look, feel, etc + as if + clause.
She looks as if she's been crying. It smells as if something's burning. It sounds as if it's raining.
Look x seem (sprecific impression)
We use look to describe the specific impression we get from someone's appearance. We use seem to describe a general impression we get (not necessarily appearance). Seem can be follow by the same structure as look, e.g. Mark seems like a nice man.
I saw Jane this morning. She looked sad. I spoke to Jane this morning. She seemed sad.
feel like
Feel like cam be also be used as a verb meaning want / would like. It is followed by a noun or a verb in the gerund, e.g. I feel like pasta for lunch. (=I'd like pasta for lunch today). I don't feel like going to bed (= don't want to go to bed).
as As is often used before if to talk about how something appears, sounds, feels, etc.: It looks as if it's going to snow. However, it is also used:
Exercise a
That group sounds like Coldplay.
Exercise b
Your boyfriend looks like a rugby player. He's huge!