Fill in the blanks with as or like.
1. He is ............................... my own father to me.
Like is a preposition. It is used before a noun or pronoun. As is a conjunction. It is used before a clause or a preposition. It is also used to say what function or role a person has.
2. ............................. his father, he does not smoke.
Like is a preposition. It is used before a noun or pronoun. As is a conjunction. It is used before a clause or a preposition. It is also used to say what function or role a person has.
3. It looks ............................... a hare.
Like is a preposition. It is used before a noun or pronoun. As is a conjunction. It is used before a clause or a preposition. It is also used to say what function or role a person has.
4. She works ............................. a clerk in a department store.
As can be used as a preposition to say what function or role a person or thing has.
5. He fought ............................... a lion.
Like is a preposition. It is used before a noun or pronoun. As is a conjunction. It is used before a clause or a preposition. It is also used to say what function or role a person has.
6. Why are you eating ............................. a bird?
Like is a preposition. It is used before a noun or pronoun. As is a conjunction. It is used before a clause or a preposition. It is also used to say what function or role a person has.
7. He works ............................ a dog; still, he does not earn much.
Like is a preposition. It is used before a noun or pronoun. As is a conjunction. It is used before a clause or a preposition. It is also used to say what function or role a person has.
8. She is regarded ............................ the greatest thinker of our times.
Like is a preposition. It is used before a noun or pronoun. As is a conjunction. It is used before a clause or a preposition. It is also used to say what function or role a person has.
9. Don't use your nail ............................ a screwdriver.
Like is a preposition. It is used before a noun or pronoun. As is a conjunction. It is used before a clause or a preposition. It is also used to say what function or role a person has.
10. He runs a small start-up. ............................... a budding entrepreneur he has to work really hard.
Like is a preposition. It is used before a noun or pronoun. As is a conjunction. It is used before a clause or a preposition. It is also used to say what function or role a person has.
11. Just ............................ his dad, he is a doctor.
Like is a preposition. It is used before a noun or pronoun. As is a conjunction. It is used before a clause or a preposition. It is also used to say what function or role a person has.
12. She is as beautiful ............................... a doll.
The correct expression is as...as...
Answers
- He is like my own father to me.
- Like his father, he does not smoke.
- It looks like a hare.
- She works as a clerk in a department store.
- He fought like a lion.
- Why are you eating like a bird?
- He works like a dog; still, he does not earn much.
- She is regarded as the greatest thinker of our times.
- Don’t use your nail as a screwdriver.
- He runs a small start-up. As a budding entrepreneur he has to work really hard.
- Just like his dad, he is a doctor.
- She is as beautiful as a doll.
