homework

Thanks for sending this SARAH!

Here is something to review.

As and like are prepositions or conjunctions. The prepositions as and like have different meanings. As + noun means ‘in the role of’, like + noun means ‘similar to’ or ‘in the same way as’.

We use like (but not as) to compare two things:

She’s got a headache like me.

Not: She’s got a headache as me.

Like the other students, he finds it a bit difficult to get to lectures early in the morning.

Not: As the other students, he finds it …

When we compare appearance or behavior, we use like, not as:

That house looks like a castle.

Not: That house looks as a castle.

As is commonly used to talk about jobs:

He worked for a long time as a teacher in Africa.

Not: … like a teacher in Africa.

The conjunctions as and like have the same meaning when used in comparisons. Like is a little more informal.

Nobody understands him as I do.

Nobody understands him like I do.

See you on Wednesday!

~Teacher Shanee^^,

Hello, Shanee!

I did my homework with my best but I am not sure if I did right.

>>> I did my homework the best I could but I am not sure if I did right.

Please correct me if I have any wrong answer.

Also, I want to know that when I exactly use ‘like’ or ‘as’.

>>> Also, I want to know when exactly I can use like or as.

Thank you!

Complete the gaps with \'like\' or \'as\'.

1. My grandfather worked as a miner in the 1930s.
>>> Correct!
2. Irina\'s jacket is the same as mine.
>>> Correct!
3. You sound just like your mother when you\'re angry.
>>> Correct!
4. Although we\'ve only just met, I feel as I\'ve known you all my life.
>>> Although we\'ve only just met, I feel like I\'ve known you all my life.
5. Using the sheets as a rope, he managed to escape.

>>> Correct!