Fill in the blanks with like, as if or as though.
1She looks ............... she is going to cry.
Wrong!
All of these expressions are used to say how somebody / something looks / sounds / feels etc.
2She sounded ............... she had a bad cold.
Wrong!
3I don’t feel ............... continuing.
Wrong!
As if and as though are followed by a clause. Like can be followed by a noun / ing form.
4She spoke ............... she was a genius.
Wrong!
5He looks ............... he hasn’t eaten anything.
Wrong!
6Sara hasn’t arrived yet. It looks ............... she missed her train.
Wrong!
7They went on working ............... nothing had happened.
Wrong!
8When I told my mother about my decision she looked at me ............... I was mad.
Wrong!
9I am 22 but my parents still talk to me ............... I was a child.
Wrong!
10She cried ............... a baby.
Wrong!
As if and as though cannot be used before a noun.
11She spoke ............... a genius.
Wrong!
12They treat me ............... I were their own child.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- She looks All of these are possible here she is going to cry.
- She sounded All of these are possible here she had a bad cold.
- I don’t feel like continuing.
- She spoke All of these are possible here she was a genius.
- He looks All of these are possible here he hasn’t eaten anything.
- Sara hasn’t arrived yet. It looks All of these are possible here she missed her train.
- They went on working All of these are possible here nothing had happened.
- When I told my mother about my decision she looked at me All of these are possible here I was mad.
- I am 22 but my parents still talk to me All of these are possible here I was a child.
- She cried like a baby.
- She spoke like a genius.
- They treat me All of these are possible here I were their own child.
