Conjunction or preposition
1He works ............... a journalist.
Wrong!
Use "as" for someone’s job, role, or function.
2She is ............... my sister to me.
Wrong!
Use "like" to compare one person with another person.
3Just ............... his friends, he is a non-smoker.
Wrong!
Use "like" before a noun phrase such as "his friends" to mean "similar to".
4............... her mother, it is my responsibility to take care of her.
Wrong!
Use "As" to mean "in the role of" her mother.
5............... you know, we cannot promote nepotism.
Wrong!
Use "As" in the fixed expression "as you know" before a clause.
6She is ............... pretty as a doll.
Wrong!
Use "as" in the comparison pattern "as pretty as".
7Don’t cry ............... a baby.
Wrong!
Use "like" before a noun phrase when comparing behavior to a baby’s behavior.
8That cloud looks ............... an elephant.
Wrong!
Use "like" after "looks" when something has a similar appearance.
9Animals ............... cows, elephants, and goats are herbivores.
Wrong!
Use "like" to introduce examples such as cows, elephants, and goats.
10They arrived just ............... I was about to leave.
Wrong!
Use "as" as a conjunction before the clause "I was about to leave".
11............... he was not there, I couldn’t talk to him.
Wrong!
Use "As" as a conjunction meaning "because" before a clause.
12Tired ............... he was, he went on working.
Wrong!
Use "as" in the concessive pattern "Tired as he was".
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Answers
- He works as a journalist.
- She is like my sister to me.
- Just like his friends, he is a non-smoker.
- As her mother, it is my responsibility to take care of her.
- As you know, we cannot promote nepotism.
- She is as pretty as a doll.
- Don’t cry like a baby.
- That cloud looks like an elephant.
- Animals like cows, elephants, and goats are herbivores.
- They arrived just as I was about to leave.
- As he was not there, I couldn’t talk to him.
- Tired as he was, he went on working.