{"id":72284,"date":"2019-09-19T06:06:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T06:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72284"},"modified":"2019-09-19T06:06:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T06:06:29","slug":"using-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/using-feel\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Feel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<section id=\"main\"><b>Feel <\/b>can be a copular verb. It is then followed by an adjective or a noun complement.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A baby\u2019s hand <b>feels smooth. <\/b><\/li>\n<li>I always <b>feel sleepy <\/b>on Mondays.<\/li>\n<li>When she realized what she had done, Alice <b>felt <\/b> (= thought that she was) a complete idiot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Feel <\/b>can be used with a personal subject (I, you etc.) to talk about feelings that are going on at a particular moment. Both simple and progressive forms are possible. There is little difference of meaning.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I <b>feel fine. <\/b> (= I am feeling fine.)<\/li>\n<li>Do you <b>feel happy? <\/b> (= Are you feeling happy?)<\/li>\n<li>\u2018How <b>are you feeling?\u2019<\/b> \u2018Not too bad, but I still have a slight headache.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Feel <\/b>can be used, usually with a non-personal subject, to mean <i>give somebody sensations<\/i>. Progressive forms are not used.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A baby\u2019s hand <b>feels smooth. <\/b> (NOT &#8212; is feeling smooth.)<\/li>\n<li>That <b>feels <\/b>nice. (NOT &#8212; is feeling nice.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Feel like; feel as if\/though<\/h3>\n<p><b>Feel like something <\/b>means <i>have a desire for something<\/i>. It is normally followed by an <b>-ing form<\/b><a href=\"file:\/\/\/D:\/webfiles\/grammar\/-ing-forms.htm\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>I <b>feel like (having) a drink. <\/b> (= I would like to have a drink.)<\/li>\n<li>I <b>feel like going for a walk. <\/b> (= I would like to go for a walk.)<\/li>\n<li>He was so rude. I <b>felt like slapping <\/b>his face. (= I wanted to slap him.)<\/li>\n<li>I <b>felt like crying. <\/b> (= I wanted to cry.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is possible to put a clause after <b>feel like.<\/b> The meaning is similar to <b>as if\/ as though.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>She<b> felt like she was in a dream. <\/b> (= It seemed as if she was in a dream.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Compare:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>I <b>felt like swimming. <\/b> (= I wanted to swim.)<\/li>\n<li>I felt like\/as if I was swimming. (= It seemed as if I was swimming.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Feel as an ordinary verb<\/h3>\n<p>The <b>ordinary verb feel <\/b>can be followed by an object. It is used to talk about the physical sensations that come to us through the sense of touch.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>He gently <b>felt the smoothness of her cheek. <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Just <b>feel how cold my hands are. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is possible to use an <b>-ing <\/b>form after the object.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>I could <b>feel a chill running <\/b>down my spine.<\/li>\n<li>He could<b> feel the sweat trickling <\/b>down his neck.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Feel<\/b> is often used to talk about reactions and opinions. It is then followed by a <b>that-clause<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>I <b>feel <\/b>certain <b>that <\/b>I am right.<\/li>\n<li>She <b>felt that <\/b>she could no longer carry on.<\/li>\n<li>I <b>felt that <\/b>she was lying to me.<\/li>\n<li>I <b>felt that <\/b>she was arrogant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feel can be a copular verb. It is then followed by an adjective or a noun complement. A baby\u2019s hand feels smooth. I always feel sleepy on Mondays. 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