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- Exam: PET
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SUPPORT DOCUMENTS - CONCEPTS:AS, LIKE, SUCH AS
Instructions
Complete the sentences by dragging and dropping, or typing the correct word, or its corresponding letter, into the answer box.
Once all the sentences have been completed, click on CHECK to identify mistakes.
If the word chosen is correct, it will show in green.
If the word chosen is not correct, it will show in red, and when that happens, try another word and press the CHECK button again until all the answers show in green.
AS - LIKE - AS IF - AS THOUGH - SUCH AS 2
Theory:
Sometimes AS and LIKE are used as conjunctions, to join two parts of a sentence.
For example:
He went to university + His father went to university gives He went to university AS his father did.
This sentence could use LIKE instead of AS without any problems.
For example:
He went to university LIKE his father did.
In many sentences LIKE is used to make comparisons.
For example:
You look LIKE you have seen a ghost.
Here LIKE can be replaced by AS IF or AS THOUGH.
For example:
You look AS IF you have seen a ghost.
You look AS THOUGH you have seen a ghost.
Some of the confusion come from the fact that LIKE is not the same as AS but the same as AS IF or AS THOUGH.
There are some sentences where AS is very similar to LIKE.
For example:
I used salt AS you suggested.
I used salt LIKE you suggested.
There isn't much difference.
Another use of LIKE is similar to SUCH AS.
For example:
I love sports, LIKE football.
I love sports, SUCH AS football.
There isn't much difference.
In conclusion, it is a mistake to assume AS and LIKE mean the same.
Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.
Experience is the only way to know when they do and when they don't.
Exercises:
I studied in London (1) my father.I had to work (2) a gardener.
You look (3) you have been drinking.
You look (4) if you have been drinking.
I hate films (5) The Exorcist.
I love films such (6) The Exorcist.
Possible answers:
- A) like
- B) as