1She is as beautiful ............... an angel.
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Use "as" in the pattern as + adjective + as.
2The jewels shone ............... stars.
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Use "like" before a noun when you mean similar to something.
3............... you know, I am looking for a job.
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Use "As" in the fixed expression "As you know".
4She talks ............... a scholar.
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Use "like" before a noun when you mean similar to that kind of person.
5They were fighting ............... dogs.
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Use "like" before a noun when you compare the way people behave.
6I felt ............... crying.
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Use "like" before an -ing form in the expression "feel like".
7............... responsible citizens, we should follow the rules.
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Use "As" to mean in the role or position of something.
8She looks ............... Princess Diana.
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Use "like" before a noun when someone has a similar appearance.
9It looks ............... it is starting to rain.
Select 2 answers.
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"As if" is standard before a clause, and "like" is also common in informal English.
10She talks ............... she is rich.
Select 2 answers.
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"As if" is standard before a clause, and "like" is also common in informal English.
11He sat there crying ............... he had lost everything.
Select 2 answers.
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"As if" is standard before a clause, and "like" is also common in informal English.
12She sings ............... a nightingale.
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Use "like" before a noun when you compare someone with something.
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- She is as beautiful as an angel.
- The jewels shone like stars.
- As you know, I am looking for a job.
- She talks like a scholar.
- They were fighting like dogs.
- I felt like crying.
- As responsible citizens, we should follow the rules.
- She looks like Princess Diana.
- It looks as if / like it is starting to rain.
- She talks like / as if she is rich.
- He sat there crying like / as if he had lost everything.
- She sings like a nightingale.