Fill in the blanks with like, as if or as though.
1. She looks ……………………… she is going to cry.
Correct!
Wrong!
All of these expressions are used to say how somebody / something looks / sounds / feels etc.
2. She sounded ……………………….. she had a bad cold.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. I don’t feel …………………….. continuing.
Correct!
Wrong!
As if and as though are followed by a clause. Like can be followed by a noun / ing form.
4. She spoke ………………………. she was a genius.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. He looks ………………………. he hasn’t eaten anything.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. Sara hasn’t arrived yet. It looks ……………………. she missed her train.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. They went on working ………………………… nothing had happened.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. When I told my mother about my decision she looked at me …………………………. I was mad.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. I am 22 but my parents still talk to me ………………………….. I was a child.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. She cried ……………………… a baby.
Correct!
Wrong!
As if and as though cannot be used before a noun.
11. She spoke ............................ a genius.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. They treat me .................................. I were their own child.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- She looks like / as if / as though she is going to cry.
- She sounded like / as if / as though she had a bad cold.
- I don’t feel like continuing.
- She spoke like / as if / as though she was a genius.
- He looks like / as though / as if he hasn’t eaten anything.
- Sara hasn’t arrived yet. It looks like / as if / as though she missed her train.
- They went on working as if / like / as though nothing had happened.
- When I told my mother about my decision she looked at me like / as if / as though I was mad.
- I am 22 but my parents still talk to me like / as if / as though I was a child.
- She cried like a baby.
- She spoke like a genius.
- They treat me like / as if / as though I were their own child.
