Look can mean direct your eyes somewhere or seem a certain way.
The idea
Say look at the picture for visual attention and the soup looks hot for appearance. The regular past is looked.
Examples
- Look at the picture on the wall.
- She looked out of the window.
- The soup looks hot.
- He looks tired today.
- We looked at the map together.
- This room looks brighter in the morning.
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Watch out
When naming what you look at, include at: look at the map. For appearance, use an adjective after look.
Try it yourself
Choose the preposition. Please look ___ the map. (at / to)
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at
At introduces what receives visual attention.
Choose the form for the singular subject. The soup ___ hot. (looks / look)
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looks
Looks agrees with the singular subject soup.
Choose the adjective for appearance. After the long journey he looks ___. (tired / tiredly)
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tired
Tired is an adjective describing appearance.
Practice round
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Choose the preposition. Please look ___ the map. (at / to)
Choose the form for the singular subject. The soup ___ hot. (looks / look)
Choose the adjective for appearance. After the long journey he looks ___. (tired / tiredly)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe something you looked at and how a room looks today.