English Grammar Exercises for B1 B2 – Linking verbs: be, get, feel, etc.

A. Underline the correct option.

1   This room smells / tastes strange.

2   Wayne goes / keeps fit by running every morning.

3   Do you think I feel / look all right in this dress?

4   Jack went / remained very red when he understood his mistake.

5   The plan turned / went wrong.

6   Don’t eat those tomatoes, they taste / grow strange.

7   That seems / is OK, but I’m not sure.

8   The start of the test was easy but it soon stayed / grew very difficult.

9   What feels / is summer like in your country?

10   A: What does his new album sound like?

        B: It sounds like / sounds very different.

B. Complete the sentence about each picture using one linking verb and one adjective from the box.

2   It ………………………………… .

C. Complete the sentences with become or get. Sometimes both are possible.

1   Have you always wanted to ……become…… a pilot?

2   After you …………………………… dressed, brush your teeth.

3   It may …………………………… dirty.

4   Who wants to …………………………… a millionnaire?

5   I want to …………………………… rich.

6   You need to …………………………… changed quickly.

7   It might …………………………… a problem if we do nothing.

8   I started to …………………………… interested in Spanish literature.

D. Circle the correct option.

Steve:   Welcome everyone! 1…… ready for a very interesting show tonight with our special guest, Sue Timms, an organic farmer.

Sue:   Hi, Steve. It feels 2…… to be on the programme.

Steve:   Sue, why did you 3…… an organic farmer? To many of our listeners, it might 4…… a strange decision.

Sue:   Well, it might appear 5…… to you but it just seemed 6…… to grow more healthy food. It’s good for my farm and good for my customers.

Steve:   Some people still 7…… unsure about organic food. They say it only gives farmers more profit, and only rich people can afford it.

Sue:   Well, prices 8…… lower, slowly. As the market 9…… bigger, prices should fall. I really think the taste of my food is better.

Steve:   Just before the programme, I 10…… tasted some of your milk, and, you’re right, it tasted 11……!

Sue:   You’ll never 12…… ill if you have a glass of my milk every morning!

Steve:   Thanks for coming on the show, Sue!

1   a become     b Get     c be     d Stay

2   a good     b well     c nicely     d best

3   a get     b be     c turn     d become

4   a become     b go     c appear     d make

5   a stranger     b strange     c strangely     d strangest

6   a a good idea     b rightly     c well     d being right

7   a get     b remain     c become     d be

8   a are getting     b are     c are turning     d are seeming

9   a is     b stays     c keeps     d grows

10   a quicker     b quick     c quickly     d quickest

11   a greater     b great     c greatly     d greatest

12   a seem     b go     c turn     d fall

E. Answer the questions using the verbs in brackets.

1    How so I look? (look)

      You look great!

2    What do you want to do when you leave school / university? (become)

      …………………………………………………………..

3    What’s wrong with you? (feel)

      …………………………………………………………..

4    Why don’t you eat the salad? (look)

      …………………………………………………………..

5    Did you hear about the man who bit a dog yesterday?! (sound)

      …………………………………………………………..

6    Is the weather still cold? (get)

      …………………………………………………………..

7    What does a cold shower feel like? (feel)

      …………………………………………………………..

8    Who do you look like? (look)

      …………………………………………………………..

F. Complete the sentences and add explanations.

1   Ruth fell ……asleep in the concert. It was so boring. ……

2   John feels …………………………………. .

      …………………………………………………………..

3   Her new friend seems …………………………………. .

      …………………………………………………………..

4   The weather is turning …………………………………. .

      …………………………………………………………..

5    Life in big cities is getting …………………………………. .

      …………………………………………………………..

6    Not many young people want to become …………………………………. .

      …………………………………………………………..

G. Solve the riddles, then write two of your own using linking words.

1   People like to drink it but it doesn’t taste good or bad. It gets hot and cold.

      ……Water……

2    They are green but they turn yellow and brown in autumn.

      …………………………………….

3    It stays the same but it looks bigger or smaller every night.

      …………………………………….

4    …………………………………….

      …………………………………….

5    …………………………………….

      …………………………………….

H. Circle the correct option.

1   That sandwich looks …………… .

      a nice   b nicely

2   Organic food …………… popular.

      a is seeming     b is growing

3   Tracy …………… ready to go to the restaurant.

      a got     b became

4   Does it taste ……………?

      a good     b well

5   I …………… green when I realised what I had eaten.

      a got     b went