Feel can describe experiencing a physical sensation or an emotion.
The idea
Use an adjective after feel: feel tired, feel happy. The present form is she feels; the past and participle are felt: he felt nervous, has felt better.
Examples
- I feel tired today.
- She feels happy about the news.
- He felt nervous before the meeting.
- We felt cold outside.
- How do you feel now?
- The child has felt better since yesterday.
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Watch out
Feel tired reports a person’s experience; it does not by itself explain why the person is tired.
Try it yourself
Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday he ___ nervous. (felt / feel)
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felt
Felt is the irregular past form for yesterday.
Choose the present form after she. She ___ happy about the news. (feels / feel)
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feels
Feels agrees with singular she in the present.
Decide whether the sentence establishes a cause. “I feel tired.” Does this sentence alone establish why? (no / yes)
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no
Feeling tired alone does not establish its cause.
Practice round
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Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday he ___ nervous. (felt / feel)
Choose the present form after she. She ___ happy about the news. (feels / feel)
Decide whether the sentence establishes a cause. “I feel tired.” Does this sentence alone establish why? (no / yes)
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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