Exercise 1
In some of these sentences, you need like (not as ). Correct the sentences where necessary.
1) It’s raining again. I hate weather as this. ________
2) Andy failed his driving test, as he expected. ________
3) Do you think Lisa looks as her mother? ________
4) Tim gets on nerves. I can't stand people as him. ________
5) Why didn't you do it as I told you to do it? ________
6) Brian is a student, as most of his friends. ________
7) You never listen. Talking to you is as talking to the wall. ________
8) As I said before, I'm thinking of changing job. ________
9) Tom's idea seems a good one. Let's do as he suggests. ________
10) I'll phone you tomorrow as usual, OK? ________
11) Suddenly there was a terrible noise. It was as a bomb exploding. ________
12) She's a very good swimmer. She swims as a fish. ________
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1)
1 weather like this
2 OK
3 like her mother
4 people like him
5 OK
6 like most of his friends or as most of his friends are
7 like talking to the wall
8 OK
9 OK
10 OK
11 like a bomb exploding
12 like a fish
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences using like or as + the following:
a beginner blocks of ice a palace a birthday present
a child a theatre winter a tour guide
1) This house is beautiful. It's ________
2) feet are really cold. They're ________
3) I've been playing tennis for years, but I still play ________
4) Marion once had a part-time job ________
5) I wonder what that building is. It looks ________
6) brother gave me this watch ________ a long time ago.
7) It's very cold for the middle of summer. It's ________
8) He's 22 years old, but he sometimes behaves ________
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1 like a palace
2 like blocks of ice
3 like a beginner
4 as a tour guide
5 like a theatre
6 as a birthday present
7 like winter
8 like a child
Exercise 3
Put in like or as . Sometimes either word is possible.
1) We heard a noise ________ a baby crying.
2) Your English is very fluent. I wish I could speak ________ you.
3) Don't take advice if you don't want to. You can do ________ you like.
4) You waste too much time doing things ________ sitting in cafes all day.
5) I wish I had a car ________ yours.
6) You don't need to change clothes. You can go out ________ you are.
7) neighbour's house is full of interesting things. It's ________ a museum.
8) We saw Kevin last night. He was very cheerful, ________ always.
9) Sally has been working ________ a waitress for the last two months.
10) In several countries in Asia, ________ Japan, Indonesia and Thailand, traffic drives on the left.
11) You're different from the other people I know. I don 't know anyone else ________ you.
12) We don't need all the bedrooms in the house, so we use one of them ________ a study.
13) The news that Sarah and Gary were getting married came ________ a complete surprise to me.
14) _____ her father, Catherine has a very good voice.
15) At the moment I've got a temporary job in a bookshop. it's not great, but it's OK ________ a temporary job.
16) _____ you can imagine, we were very tired after such a long journey.
17) This tea is awful. It tastes ________ water.
18) I think I prefer this room ________ it was, before we decorated it.
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1 like 10 like or such as
2 like 11 like
3 as 12 as
4 like 13 as
5 like 14 Like
6 as or like 15 as
7 like 16 As
8 as 17 like
9 as 18 as or like