When to use ‘good’ and ‘well’ – English Vocabulary

Hi Alex! Thank you for this lesson. I made 2 mistakes in the first and the third question. But I think that in the first question I am right. I would ask you to explain what is wrong. In the first question I answered “well” because “it tastes well”, not “this burger is good”.

ow3092

…actually I described the verb “taste” with the adverb “well”. Isn’t it&? Grammatically, it should be right

ow3092

There is a small group of verbs of “sensation” that use the adjective instead of the adverb.

It seems good, it looks fine, it smelled wonderful …
It tastes good!!!!!
“To taste” functions here as a copulative verb; “good” is the adjectival subject complement.
Yeah just take it as it is

poslegg

Thanks for the clarification. But in the lesson was nothing about it. I intuitively imagined another answer :) but in the test decided to rely on the rules from the lesson. Now I know it. Thank you again!

ow3092

I can’t understand it.The first question I am wrong.But why the copulative verb can use good?

pobu

than u bro, so what about I saw a movie yesterday. It was pretty _______________.
the answer was good. this is not a sensation verb and also i think describes the verb so why the answer is good?

NeginRaazi

A linking verb connects the subject of the sentence to information about the subject, such as adjective, noun, or subject complement. Whereas an action verb expresses an action and is usually followed by adverb.

“taste” can be both a linking verb in some sentences and an action verb in others. One way to determine is to substitute “is” for it. If the sentence still makes sense, then “taste” is probably a linking verb; otherwise it’s an action verb.

Ex: This burger tastes good = This burger is good.
Ex: The wine tastes like vinegar = The wine is like vinegar.
*** Make sense, so “taste” is a linking verb. Hence, the adjective “good” is the right answer.

Ex: I can’t taste anything well because of my cold.
The sentence doens’t make sense when substituting “taste” with “be”: I can’t be anything well because of my cold.
*** Hence, “taste” is an action verb and must be followed by the adverb “well”.

Lfabian2013

I also answered well in the first question because is the verb what is being modified. What’s up with that, what we understood wrong?

moycano

I also answered “well” in the first question because the verb is what is being modified. This means that an adverb is required, right? What’s up with that? — (Please remove the previous comment. Thanks.))

moycano

i think tastz is a state verb

radouanema1

I made one mistake, the number one..could the teacher explain it? Thanks a lot.

Luistorresbr

Well describes verb
good describes noun

kotoz

Good lesson Alex, thank you…

mrgrape380

10/10 Thanks, Alex!

viacheslavkr

Thanks, Alex! You and Emma are my favorite teachers.

Marcelo Machado

They are great.

Joel F

I like it

gocanto

9/10… Thank you, Alex! Really a good lesson!

Janilza

My english is bad, but I understand perfect!
Good lesson!

wiigool

thanks Alex!!!! as always an interesting lesson, simple and enriching :)

leahy

you are right alex the first

babaknowledge

Thanks Alex , such a good lesson :)

i7enshi

Hi Alex.you said good is adjective,well is adjective and adverb so what is the meaning of (well) in this case:question how is the market today answer: well,I think it is very terrible.

cuongchung1

9/10… My first test. Not too bad. Thanks Alex~~~!!!

andy191919

I´m GOOD in english I got 10 correct.I´m felling so WELL.

grazisil13

I decided to work in a cruise ship as a Youth Counselor, but on the interview the woman said, that my language skill and level is weaker.
I think it would be a great opportunity to earn more money. I have to improve my speaking to advanced level.
What about your speaking level?

kiralyrob13

very good, very interesting.

luke23

Thanks Alex! I feel better now having learned a
new lesson.

shans

I got 10.
I did well this lesson. Thank you.

claudio77

Good class Alex. Thanks.

markim1966

Dear Alex, I request a lesson about the pronunciation of “ED” (Past tense). I’ve watched 3 EngVid, but did not like any of them.
Thanks
Ricardo
Brazil

rvp001

Hi Alex. I have a problem with “less vr least“. If you have time, can you think about this ? Thanks a lot for your lesson. I never miss one.

usernamericky

Thank you.

econtr002

Alex this was a very good lesson, sometimes we get confuse with this words. thank you

fabio1994

thank youuuuu so much

ashliy

thank youuuuu so much

ashliy

yas ,i got 10 of 10>thanks

muneerah7

Really useful lesson! Thanks!

effy4814

I got 9/10 . I don´t understand why there isn´t adverb – first answer.

lubor45

Thank you.

urf3

thank you Alex…i got 8..not bad ..a little bit confusing

akosilianmay

Thank you Alex.

pafsilipoclub

thank you

byba

Thank you so much for this lesson Alex.
By the way very often I do not know if I must say “good” or “right”. As an example, what is the correct sentence:
-I’m on the right way
or
-I’m on the good way
Kind regards
Jean-Paul

jpfromparis

“I’m on the right away” means that you are going straight where you should go or the right side of something. “I’m on the good way” means you are doing something well.

crf4ever10

Alex, in the quit there was a question:

1. This burger tastes _______________.
good
well

I answered WELL because it modifies the verb (it tastes <= to taste), so it is adverb. But the quiz says it must be GOOD. Why?

meglio

HI Alex ,
thank u for your lesson :)
I dont undrestand one thing in this quiz
1. This burger tastes _______________.

good
well
why good not well ?
after the verb i thought it shoud be “well” . I’m confused.Please, help me to undrestand.
greetings
Angelica

angelica212

I think that we may use “well” in that case if there is action in the sentence. So “tastes” it is not action.

lala603

Hi guys! I want to find a native speaker to improve my language skills and knowledge! I haven’t got a friend who talk with this language.
If you want to improve each other, let’s start it. only skype :)

Robert

kiralyrob13

Well, I’m not a native, but I really study hard every day and I like to talk in English with other people around the world. Fell free to send me a message. My skype is in my profile.

Denise

denise77

My comments don’t show up. What’s happening?

Marcelo Machado

I probably just had to approve them first!

Either that, or you were hitting on the teachers.

engVid Moderator

Hi. It’s strange ! When I reply to a comment my reply goes down the page !!

Soei

yeah, i got much information to use well and good.

jonathan70

good alex…thanks …!!!

dksoni

Thank you Alex!!!

antoniocoelhoneto

100 :)

crf4ever10

Thank you,Alex! It was a great lesson!

Pedrosa

I got 10 out of 10 Good!!
Thank you to you Alex

mari01

I mean… thank you Alex…:)

mari01

#1 question,this hamburger tastes good is correct ,sounds right but after verb to tastes should be an adverb.

cuongchung1

yah.i was confused about it too

politician2013

yeah but after taste we use an adj to describe the quality of the subject

vietnam1

Thanks!!!

mariposa04

am zing lesson i have 100/100

sami45

Excelent!!

mileydis86

hi thank you alex .

shahram61

excellent lessons..

tsugoy

I got 10/10.
I understood all what you taugh.

pakpao

sorry I forgot “t” at taugh

pakpao

Alex, thanks.

amgbas

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looking forward to your reply!
Thanks in advance

learnenglish

I got 10/10
Thank you so much for tracing so well

bella1

i enjoyed it very much

vietnam1

Thank you Alex! nice lesson.

jack01

I got 9/10, Thnks Alex, it was a great lesson

kross

Thank you! A helpful lesson <3

larisa67

I was always confused about this 2 words but not anymore thanks to you teacher Alex!

lounis88lao

I love this site *-*

andehrson

Thank you dear teacher!

yury1

Thanks Alex. It was a nice lesson ^^

mazinho007

for the first time i got two wrong thanks i like ur site

bismark

thnx for the lessons so much understandable

rdogus

Thank you helpful lession!

david1993

Well done! Alex. Thanks a bunch!

nagora

great lesson great teacher thanks Alex

aduinterpreter

Thank you teacher Alex!

phambryan

Many many thanks!!!

kenzoll

100 :) Thanks Alex

irene228

just got average of 80% need to improve it. thank you..

johv

Thank you so much got perfect for the 1st quiz

brenda35

Thanks ))

marta7891

Thanks a lot Alex, you are an excellent teacher.

robert1948

yeah…i got 100% correct. Thanks Teacher!

ivytan0306

thanks a lot .could you give a brief explanation about using Fair & Fine as well ?( compare to Good & Well )

badami

Thank you sir,i got 3/10 but they seems really confusing word when to use good or when to use well.My english is weak i m learning from 5 months ,and it’s really bad,what should i do to bring it up to the level

rajpal90

I´ve got a 10. I really understood the lesson. one question teacher: I wanna know if people like me; no-native-english speaker, would be able to understand a whole english sentence word by word when someone speak english? or we´ll be only able to interprete it?

ricart100

Thank you :)

fab8

Hi Alex! Thank you! Now I’ve known about a linking verb (smell, feel) after i look up more about ‘Good’ and ‘Well’

kishtuki

Well, Thanks a lot for this lesson. I just made 1 mistake in the first question but I did not know why, now I understand because of the clarification above…

cikey

HAHAAH, Do you see: Dora rocks!! I got a 80.

honeygee

Hi Alex
I’m little confused because you said if we have a verb we use well. But the last example on the board has “feel” in sentence. It’s a verb, isn’t it ? Could you explain me why you used “good” ?

inek

Becouse “feel” is said about “I”.

plank1957

Thanks very much for such helpful lesson

argenis

Thank you Alex.It is a good lesson and i have understood it very well.

sint2020

Great lesson, man!

thalinho

i made mistake in 2 ,but i corrected in 10
i’m confused. who can explain pretty good/ pretty well for me please, thank you

jolalita

The lesson is good. I understood everything well.Thanks.

plank1957

Thanks Alex.good lesson for us

habeebazmi

Thank you alex!

betovaaz

10/10 feel happy thanks

usen97

Thanks teacher Alex . The lecture is very interesting and I am so happy to learn from you . Also I like your accent and I hope to be like you in the future

mousa11

Hi Alex! i got a 9 and i did good!!
thanks!!

chill

Thank you Alex.

amory

This is boring

towangho321

Hey Alex, when I can say PRETTY GOOD? and I can to say PRETTY WELL also?

adry

I can use FINE also? … I’m FINE or They played FINE or just I can use good and well?

adry

feeling good now ! 90%

seandp32

pretty good lesson.
feeling good !100

Yudhisthira

Thanks for the lessen.

bataa0430

It is useful theme. Thanks.

gpio8080

Thanks Alex, you are very good teacher

namrata23

Thanks Alex, I hit 9. In the English courses in brazil, we just learn that we have to use “Good” for somethings and “well” for other things. But we didn’t learn “why”. I understood perfectly both of uses, so thank you!

Carol92

Thanks Alex. I am GOOD now.

zahid76

Hi dear teacher it was very good because I thought both good and well as the same but now I know that one of them is adjective and the other is adverb it becomes clear now thanks a lot and bye bye

preemy

It’s very good.

nicole1949

Perfect lesson!

TinaC

there is not video presentation…….help me

haq dad kayani

it help me to learn proper english. …

Biswarup singha

Thank you very much, it’s very useful

Mariam Grigoryan

I m happy with this lesson; i make just one mistake ;the best website

pancho

oops..
i got 8/10..

well i learned too much from u… :)

THANK YOU SIR…

Aneey

it was very helpful
Thank you

faribanr

i love this lesson.you are good teacher.
thank.

Ranthana

i got 7/10 i don´t feel good, i thought had understood

Carlos Tirado

9/10
I like the lesson
Thank you alex

sakura

Thanks Alex.. I liked the lesson.. 9/10

Safiullah420

Thank you Alex, I need to know if I can use fine when somebody ask: how are you?

Juditt

8/10 thank you Alex!

ArtemKo

are this american english or british english? because i usually say “I’m fine.”if people ask how are you in my country

muzzamil

super lesson brother congratulation thanks for teach me

dhkiller81

hehehehe

nguyenhuukhanh

it’s very useful

tranquanghien0810

Nice to meet you. Thank you for your lesson.
Can I ask a question?
At the third question, I mistook. But I don’t understand why, yet.
3. He moves pretty _______________ for a big guy.
I answered…”good.” But actually the correct answer was well.

Happy04

No reply is OK. I understood it this time :)

Happy04

thanks :)

noorbazlamit33

thank you Alex .

ravivijay

Thanks Alex

bunnoeun

thanks :)

YASSINE159

It was good…

IsraelRE

Thank you. Like grazisil13, I got 10. I am good in this kind of lesson and I am feeling well now.

diogenesaires

I got 8 correct out of 10. I looked at my comment above. This time the question “No.3” was correct. Interesting! I wish my score would be perfect next time. Thank you, Alex :D

Happy04

Thank you Alex. :)

ali.azerbaijan

9/10… :d thanks

AgentHush

A big thanks for you.I made mistake first quastion but Poslege answered to first comment and I understood why I made mistake.As mentioned him tast,smell and look are sensation verb and we shall use an adjective to describe them.but as you said well is adjective too,why don’t we use both of them’good and well’?

zeinali.mehdi

Thanks Alex!i got 10 and now I know the difference between good and we’ll.

Mehryn

10/10.Thanks !

jimmy9x

Thank u so much Alex,i got 9/10 and!!!

Anes Berzig

i got 90 number.i made mistake at no.3 i dont know
why this is wrong
my answer was “first one (good)

sunilsony

thanx but good and well its difficult i cant understand it both of these lawyas fault hhhhh realy ian not uderstand

mona mat

sorry i mean always and iam not understood

mona mat

I got 80 number, Great lesson, I always had answered how to use the words: good and well.

halo90

thanks alex this good lesson

ashrfayyad22

I got 100 :), thanks Alex.

anhduc.bkhn

Thanks so much Teacher Alex.
It was a very good and interesting lesson for me.
I answered all of them correctly)) and it gladdened me so much))

MotherNature

Thanks

Yahya Huseein

Thanks got 70%

Abdul Qayum

You got 10 correct out of 10. Yay that was easy))

SimonAckles

Thank you Alex

Minahanna3

Thank you Alex,my english knowledge is improving!!! In my country people use to say, for example, sentences like that: well, tomorrow I went to( and begining to tell an essay), can I use the adverb well at first place in a sentence?

henri

Ups!!! I should write yesterday, sorry,,,

henri

Thank you Alex for your useful lesson.

C.fouad

10 false; so i got 9/10,, i think it’s a good mark.
well, have a good night :)

liona

Thank you!!! Great lesson I made a 100!!!

Areliangel

wow, i got perfect score. Awesome!!!! This is my first day here and I find it so informative and it refresh my English. Thanks

bregette1999

I understood this lesson well :)

Narek90

Thanks alex for clearing things between Good and Well. You are a very good Teacher.

NightHawk KB

I like this lesson. Tks teacher ^^

duong nhat thanh

thanks teacher :D

Gabriela Souza Jesus

Thanks Alex. Now I feel pretty good about the words GOOD and WELL. When we talk about the nouns we use Good, and for verbs we use Well. It’s very clear.
Alex is a very good teacher in English. He explained very well about GOOD and WELL words.

p.santhosh13

100%　thankz Alex

Samo

Thanks you teacher Alex you are fabulous

FranciscoJuarez

Thanks for your effort.It was helpful.Would you please give us some information about ‘anticipatory it’?

mzhs55

Thanks you.
This was a good lesson.

adss5322

10 out of 10. Yahoo!

Zero10

Hi Alex

What a great site and what an impressive teacher you are! I taught ESL 16 years ago for a period of three years and recently decided to go back to it so your lessons are really are helpful, it’s all coming back to me through you:) I have a couple of questions for you regarding teacher/student workbooks. I believe I used to use Oxford/Cambridge workbooks and today, here in the US, the school I have just begun working for uses Pearson. Do you have a preference? I would like to start doing private lessons and would love your input on this. Also if you know of any useful workbooks that help teachers teach difficult grammar concepts I would love to know. Keep up the great work!

sm1th

i got 9/10 ^_^ i need to study hard for much better ^_^

zyke2122

Alex,
I have a mass with it.
We say – It tastes good. Taste is a verb. It should be incorrect. According to your lesson it should not be so.

I have a text book with an entirely diffrent approach – 1. There is a group of verbs which require good ( so called linkink verbs ) 2. a group of action verbs – we use well.
Then they explain cases in which the meaning of the sentence changes more or less according to your explanations.

look good vs look well
feel good vs feel well

Eventually I am a bit lost. Can you help me?

MKJMKJ

nice and short

hpdtc

same doubt at first question. lsn’t well modifying the verb to taste?

omargut

Mr. Alex, I am learning a lot of English with you. Your lessons and teaching make me feel very motivated. They are clear and simple.
Thanks a lottt!

Mhs

Thnak you. but my question is about the first one. Why is the question “… tastes good?”

Teacher Augusto

Cheers mate!I got 10 correct out of 10.
cheerio.

Iamhere.

8/10

shrikanth

Thank you.Alex!^^

Rebecca

Thank you!

Lfabian2013

it’s seems to me that this lesson is easy, but as you can see my friends, less people have 100% on quiz. thank Allex,

moezbesbes

Very good lesson, shortly and useful

Anuar is from Kazakhstan

So helpful, thank you Allex, you teach pretty well

Antonio Alexandre neto

your accent is very clear and well,and your lesson is fantastic ,it will help me a lot

thanks teacher a lot

baotrungsocola

thanks

mina-raafat753

Actually … these two words are very confusing because I always hesitate which one I should use but now everything is clear and I did the quiz well .. you are a good teacher alex and your performance in videos is well as always :D

aboood1994

10 out of 10, Great!
good –> mental state
well –> physical state
That explanation truly got me

Jay

yey,thank you so much alex it is a good lesson i enjoyed it so much,im not really good in speaking english thats why i really enjoyed watching your video and i learned something,and ive got 9 correct out of 10

ashanti

I’ve made two mistakes, but it’s only me to blame. Alex, thanks for your video. You are GOOD teacher =)

OcelotAlexey

thanx Alex for your video

elhassen2014

It’s bad ass this site because I was yesterday join this site and I have a lot of words to knew.

RRP07

good,Alax 100%

habibid69

why the first answer is wrong i chos well beceause test is verb

daliodeejay

Thank u alex i feel better

Mahdush

Thank Alex,
Good lesson.

Josmer

Super super … Thanks a lot Alex . Best wishes !!!

locosta

Thank you Adam.

Nadir

thank you alex , I got 9/10

geoviana

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because what i believe is that together we can achieve more….

vikas bansal

Thank you Alex! and thank you engvid

Maribelle

Thank you sir , the lesson was interesting
and my english has been improving.

bammie

Thank you!

Nao Tsuboya

I’m sorry, I didn’t understand the lesson completely. I got a 70 out of 100. But I’ll watch the video as many times as I need it to improve and obviously I’m gonna take the quiz again.
Thank you Alex, you’re a good teacher.

sandoval0992

9/10

nhelle

7/10 thank you!

Edith Lin

i need someone to practise
my language

nehad eldsokey

Thank you very much it help me a lot!! :D

Phark1203

We did well :) thanks

ammar abd elrahim

I got 8/10.although I am not so much good in English.I just attempted the quiz because I can’t run the video.(some error in playing the video)

ayub-122

thank you teacher alex

ayoub abdennour

Hello Alex, May you well. I have a question.
It’s correct to say:
I’m fine thanks.
May you have an excelente week and thank you very much.

EnjoyEnglish

Thank you for the lesson!

STGm

90 percent thank u very much,
Alex

trainhard4060

Hy,Alex.

Thank you for the good lesson.

GenVikHitr

Hi. i got a 90. i made just a little mistake.

i´ve got a suggestion:
could you please explain me the difference between these sentences. is related to the verb “motion”

I motioned to the waiter.
He motioned for us to follow him.
She motioned him into her office.

Is there any difference?
thanks in advance

katherinne01

hahaha i got 100.

fraulein

You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D…..I got 100

fraulein

Thank you Alex

Palsec

Thank you

Vivimi

Thank you Alex.

Enkutatash

Thank you friend Alex
you have many type to get the good info .
nice teacher .

WAIEL89

Thanks Alex.
I can’t see the big difference between ” good”and ” well”.

challenge41

Hi Meglio. For some verbs we don’t use an adverb and we use an adjective, TASTE in one them:
be, become, get, smell, appear, feel, ….. a

Soei

….are some them. But some of these verbs can be used with an adverb in another meaning:
1-You appear tired.

2-She suddenly appeared at the doorway.
I hope it helps. Best regards: soei

Soei

100 thank you :)

Stellla

Great lesson, Alex. But I don’t feel comfortable

answering to the question “How are you”

” I’m good.” It doesn’t sound right. It’s weird, although I’ve heard it tons of times.

Sonia1234

Thanks a lot I make it I get it well done but by my heart I feel it and I have chosen the right answer by my heart I do understand through your nice explanation that both good as well as well are the same meaning thanks again

preemy

Thanks you so much.