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- 1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN, HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS GRAMMAR SIX TOPIC: AS IF/ AS THOUGH/LIKE STUDENTS: Mario Salazar Shirley Vásquez
- 2. AS IF AND AS THOUGH As if and as though are conjunctions,they are used to say what a situation seem like. They can refer to something that we think may be true.
- 3. AS IF / AS THOUGH have the same meaning STRUCTURE Example: • The sky looks as if/as though it is going to rain. STRUCTURE:
- 4. Uses As if /as though is used to describe how someone or something Looks Sounds Feels
- 5. Examples • The house looks as if / as though nobody was living in it • Ann sounds as if / as though she’s got a cold. • You look as if / as though you haven’t slept well. • I feel a bit depressed. I don’t feel as if / as though I’ve had a holiday • You look as if you’ve seen a ghost. • Is something bothering you? You look as if you haven’t slept in days
- 6. EXAMPLES: 1. It smells as if / as though someone has been smoking in here. 2. Tom is very late. It looks as if / as though he is not coming. 3. It looks as if they’ve had a shock. 4. It looks as though you’ve not met before. 5. It doesn’t look as if the economy will improve anytime soon. 6. The airplanes were so close together it looked as if they were going to crash. It look/ sound/ smell as if or It look/ sound/ smell as though or like
- 7. As if or as though with other verbs to describe Behaviour or way of acting EXAMPLES: 1. I can’t stand spending time with Ben. He always acts as if/ he’s smarter than everyone. 2. Why is Carol ignoring us? She’s acting as if She’s never met us before! 3. She told like she had known the problem
- 8. As if/ as though and past tense with present meaning unreality improbability doubt EXAMPLES: 1. George speaks as if / as though he knew everything. He is nothing but an upstart. 2. I cannot put up with your behaviour. You order about as if /as though you were the boss, which you are not. 3. He spends money as if he owned a bank
- 9. More Examples 1. She’s behaving as if she were the Queen of England! (She is not the Queen of England, but she is acting as if she is very important) 2. They stared at me as if I were crazy. (I’m not crazy, but people looked at me like I was crazy.) 3. His older brother always treats him as if he were a child. (He is not a child, but his brother often talks to him like a child.) 4. He boarded the airplane as if he were a seasoned traveller. 5. She walks as if she were a supermodel. 6. She sings as if she were a pop star. Note: If you want to emphasize that something is not true, it’s possible to use were instead of was. In American English it’s common to use were
- 10. “True “ statement (fact) Verb form after as if/as though He is not a child She talked to him as if he were a child She did not take a shower with her clothes on When she came in from the rainstorm, she looked as if she had taken a shower with her clothes on She will be here She spoke as if she wouldn’t be here
- 11. LIKE Instead of as if/as though. Follow by a clause Informal english This is common in American English
- 12. EXAMPLES: It looks like rain Notice: Like is followed by a noun object • It looks like it is going to rain (informal) • It felt like it could snow at any minute.(informal) • That house look like it´s going to fall down. • It look like they aren´t coming. • She ran like she was running a marathon.
- 13. Classroom Activity 1.- Complete the following sentences with as if / as though or like. a. You need to act you knew the answers and as long as you have studied the answer will come to you. b. She talks to her Friends they were her slaves. c. He live a king, even though he is just a carpenter. d. She speak she had marbles in her mouth. e. Jill's eyes are red. She looks she has cried. f. It looks rain,so let´s not go anywhere but stay indoors. g. The surface of the table feels it has been hit with something hard. h. The noise coming from outside sounded a UFO that we know from science fiction films. as if as if as if like like as though as if like
- 14. 2.- Choose the correct answer: A. Andika works . . . 1. As though he was a machine 2. As though he likes machine 3. As though he were a machine B. They played football . . . As if they met European clubs As if they had met European clubs As if they would met European clubs C. Mr. Mustofa spoke . . . As though he were a native speaker. As though he were a native speaker As though he is a native speaker As though he had been a native speaker
- 15. D. Muslichah acts . . . As if she was an artist As if she is an artist As if she were an artist E. Nanik stares at me. . . As though I were her enemy. As though I am her enemy. F. Mr. Toyo treated me . . . As if I made a mistake. As if I had made a mistake. As if I have made a mistake