Like vs as vs how review and exercises
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The document discusses the proper use of the words "like", "as", "as if", and "as though" in both formal and informal English. It notes that in formal writing and speech, "as", "as if", and "as though" are more commonly used to introduce clauses, while "like" meaning "as if" is used with a small number of adjectives in informal contexts. Examples are provided to illustrate the different uses.
Like vs as vs how review and exercises
- 8. In extremely careful speech and in much formal writing, AS, AS IF, and AS THOUGH are more commonly used than LIKE: The manager accepted full responsibility for the incident, as any professional would. Many of them lived as if (OR as though ) there were no tomorrow. It was as if the world had come to an end. LIKE meaning AS IF is also standard in informal speech & writing with a small number of adjectives: The crew worked like crazy (or like mad ) to finish the job on time.
- 10. ADVERB American Heritage Dictionary To the same extent or degree; equally: The child sang as sweetly as a nightingale. For instance: large carnivores, as the bear or lion. When taken into consideration in a specified relation or form: this definition as distinguished from the second one… CONJUNCTION To the same degree or quantity that. You are as sweet as sugar. The situation is not so bad as you suggest. In the same manner or way that: Think as I think. At the same time that; while: slipped on the ice as I ran home. For the reason that; because: I went to bed early, as I was exhausted. With the result that: He was so foolish as to lie.
- 11. MORE: THOUGH: Great as the author was, he proved a bad model. Ridiculous as it seems, the tale is true. In accordance with which or with the way in which: The hotel is quite comfortable as such establishments go. The sun is hot, as everyone knows.. More examples: I received the same grade as you did. Acting as a mediator, he was invaluable. On this issue they thought as one. On this issue they thought as one. As you know, classes restart on January 15th. I tried using salt as you suggested but the stain still didn’t come out.
- 12. HOW Easy as Pie
- 13. HOW 1. IN WHAT WAY OR MANNER; BY WHAT MEANS? How did the accident happen? 2. TO WHAT EXTENT, DEGREE, etc. How damaged is the car? 3. IN WHAT STATE OR CONDITION? How are you? 4. FOR WHAT REASON; WHY? How can you talk such nonsense? 5. TO WHAT EFFECT; WITH WHAT MEANING? How is one to interpret his action? 6. WHAT? How do you mean? If you can’t go, I won’t either.
- 14. HOW 7. (USED AS AN INTENSIFIER) How seldom I go there! 8. BY WHAT TITLE OR NAME? How does one address the president? 9. AT WHAT PRICE How are the new cars going, cheaper than last year's models? 10. BY WHAT AMOUNT OR IN WHAT MEASURE OR QUANTITY? How do you sell these tomatoes? 11. IN WHAT FORM OR SHAPE? How does the demon appear in the first act of the opera? How does the medication come? THANKS to dictionary.com
- 15. You’re turn. LET’S PRACTICE. Fill in the blanks
- 16. LIKE / AS / AS IF / SUCH AS 1. The situation is quite serious; just ____we heard yesterday. 2. From this angle, the building looks ____the Empire State Building. 3. It looks ____it is going to rain this afternoon. 4. He looks ____he is going to go on with it. 5. Monkeys live on a variety of fruit ____bananas, oranges and breadfruit. 6. It looks ____the weather is going to be kind to us after all. 7. Your room looks ____it was hit by a bomb. 8. The stew looked and tasted ____porridge. 9. I would love to visit some exotic countries ____India, Thailand and Sri Lanka 10. It seems ____you never want to come and visit us. 11. ____we heard, the hurricane is coming! 12. We could go down to the beach, just ____we used to.
- 17. HOW LIKE AS AS IF 1. It is not ___him to steal something. 2. She ran ___she were being chased. 3. To move ___she does requires great skill. 4. I know not ___he did it. 5. My grandfather worked ___a miner in the 1930s. 6. Your jacket is the same___mine. 7. You sound just like___him when you’re angry. 8. Using the sheets___a rope, he managed to escape. 9. He talks___he is an expert.
- 18. ON YOUR MARK, GET SET and GO! TRANSLATE 16 sentences with the word “COMO”
- 19. 1. Por que as economistas não veem o dano que a legislação como esta fez na década passada? 2. Impostos sobre o capital são como impostos sobre trabalho. 3. A tarifa aduaneira comum, juntamente com medidas de proteção como os regulamentos anti-dumping, não são ainda suficientes para resolver todos os problemas do sindicato. 4. Existem apenas algumas exceções, notadamente como no que diz respeito à política agrícola comum. 5. Os resultados obtidos têm sido descritos como satisfatório. 6. Eles escolheram Délhi como a cidade anfitriã para a conferência sobre a produção em massa nos países industrializados. TRANSLATE - LIKE, AS or HOW? SENTENCE SOURCE: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-21233.php
- 20. 7. Ele deixou claro que ele não quer acabar em uma empresa como a que ele visitou na semana passada. 8. Eles parecem ser incapazes de reagir a mudanças a nível mundial, da mesma forma como os seus concorrentes. 9. Os estudantes de negócios falou sobre a convenção de Lomé, que muitos consideravam como um modelo de cooperação para o desenvolvimento. 10. ... e como uma consequência, a sua matéria-prima é de qualidade inferior.... 11. Eu acho que o que ele realmente queria dizer era das ações parecia uma aposta de longo prazo promissor. TRANSLATE - LIKE, AS or HOW? SENTENCE SOURCE: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-21233.php
- 21. 12. A coisa toda parece senso comum para mim! 13. O fluxo de câmbio/divisas é considerado atualmente como o principal fator que influencia o desenvolvimento. 14. É resultados como estes que são muito encorajadores, especialmente quando você trabalhou duro. 15. Países como os que visitamos têm tido problemas econômicos recentemente. 16.Ele disse que a ameaça de insolvência foi como uma sentença de enforcamento imediato. TRANSLATE - LIKE, AS or HOW? SENTENCE SOURCE: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-21233.php
- 22. Let’s run a check
- 23. 1. ___a scientist, he is famous all over the world. 2. ___written in today's paper, he will not run for a second term. 3. She failed her driving test ___she expected.. 4. I wish I could write English ___you. 5. Don’t listen to me. Do ___you like. 6. ___the crime rate is rising, everybody is dreading the future. 7. There’s no time to change my clothes. I’m going ___I am. 8. ___a speaker, he is excellent! 9. I could scarcely speak. I was shaking ___a leaf. 10. His home is ___a maze of corridors and passages. LIKE, AS or HOW
- 24. MORE EXPLANATIONS / EXERCISES: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv63.shtml www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/words_like_as/quiz3175.html www.grammar.cl/Notes/Like_vs_As.htm www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_19.htm www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/257.html www.grammar-quizzes.com/like-as.html www.slideshare.net/augenthaler/as-if-as-though Site in Portuguesewww.algosobre.com.br/ingles/as-...-as-as-like.html
- 25. AWESOME!! 1. inspiring awe 2. showing/characterized by awe 3. Slang . very impressiveAWE: an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc, produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like in awe of less awed by gasps of awe awed hushes turned to awe feel a sense of awe
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- #17: 1.as 2.like 3.as if 4.as if 5.such as (better in academic writing) 6.as if 7.as if 8.like 9. like 10.as if 11.as 12.as
- #18: 1.like 2.as if 3.as 4.how 5.as 6.as 7.like 8.as 9.as if
- #20: 1. Why can't economists see the damage that legislation like this has done in the past decade? 2. Taxes on capital are like taxes on jobs. 3. The common customs tariff, along with protective measures like the anti-dumping regulations, are still insufficient to solve all the union's problems. 4. There are only a few exceptions, notably as in regard to the common agricultural policy. 5.The results obtained have been described as satisfactory. 6. They chose Delhi as the host city for the conference on mass production in industrialized countries.
- #21: 7. He made it clear that he didn't want to end up in a company like the one he visited last week. 8. They seem unable to react to changes at world level in the same way as their competitors. 9. The business students talked about the Lomé convention, which many regarded as a model of development cooperation. 10. and as a consequence, their raw material is of substandard quality. 11. I think that what he really meant was the shares looked like a promising long-term gamble.
- #22: 12. The whole thing looks like common sense to me!. 13. The flow of foreign exchange is regarded nowadays as the principal factor influencing development. 14. It is results like these, which are very encouraging especially when you've worked hard. 15. Countries like the ones we visited have been having economic problems lately. 16. He said that the threat of insolvency was like a sentence of immediate hanging.
- #24: 1.as 2.as 3.as 4.like 5.as 6.as 7.as 8.as 9.like 10. like