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Using "Like" vs "As" in Sentences

The document discusses the proper use of the words "like" and "as" in different contexts. It provides examples of sentences using "like" or "as" and asks the reader to fill in the blanks with the appropriate word. It also provides a list of items and asks the reader to use them to fill blanks in example sentences, choosing whether "like" or "as" is more suitable in each case.

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Using "Like" vs "As" in Sentences

The document discusses the proper use of the words "like" and "as" in different contexts. It provides examples of sentences using "like" or "as" and asks the reader to fill in the blanks with the appropriate word. It also provides a list of items and asks the reader to use them to fill blanks in example sentences, choosing whether "like" or "as" is more suitable in each case.

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As or like?

1.She sings __like____ an angel.


2.I'm much better ____as__ you can see.
3.My sister is not at all __like____ me.
4.My daughter is just ___like___ my sister.
5. I'm attending the meeting ___as___ an observer
6.I use one of the bedrooms ___as___ an office.
7. You are very ___like___ your mother.
8. I hope to qualify ___as___ an engineer.
9. My friend Rob looks ___like___ John Travolta.
10. There is too much traffic in London ___as___ in New York.
11. We're late for the train. We'll have to run ___like___ the wind.
12. I'm your friend and, __as____ a friend, I advise you to think
again.
13. I don't know you as well as he does but, __like/as____ your
friend, I advise you to think again.
14. You don't like confrontations, __like____ me.
15. I want to join the air force __as____ a pilot.
16.I've appointed Simon Williams ___as___ the new trustee.
17. I've done the work ___as___ we agreed.
18. I was sure, __as____ was everybody else, that you
would do well in this job.
Put in LIKE or AS:
1/ _____as____ I said, you're too late.
2/ It's fixed ____as_____ you can see .
3/ My brother isn't at all ___like______ me .
4/ Don't use your plate ____like_____ an ashtray .
5 / Sheila is nervous, ____like_____ me .
6 / In Paris, __as/like_______ in London, traffic is heavy.
7 / His eyes are __like_______ knives.
8 / They died ___as______ they lived, fighting.
9 / Nobody knows Paris ____like____ I do.
10 / Working too much is sometimes considered _____like____ an
illness.

Choose an item from the list for each blank and put in
LIKE or AS:
A PERSON
AN ANGEL
MOTHER

A SECRETARY
A DESSERT
YOU KNOW
AN OFFICE CARDBOARD
HE WRITES
HER

1/ Susan sings like an angel.


2 / I worked as a secretary for five years.
3/ James uses the dining room ..
4 / That dog snores just like a
person.
5 / AS you know.., next Tuesday is a Bank
Holiday.
6 / This bread tastes like office
cardboard
7 / James speaks as he writes : carefully and
precisely.
8 / Shes clever and passionate - like her
mother..
9 / Why dont we have ice cream as a
dessert?

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