AS IF/ AS THOUGH

Main points: use as if and as though to show that the information in a

manner clause is not or might not be true.

When you want to indicate that the information in a manner clause might
not be true, or is definitely not true, you use as if or as though.

She reacted as if she didnt know about the race.

He acts as though he owns the place.

After as if or as though you often use a past tense even when you are
talking about the present, to emphasize that the information in the manner clause
is not true.
Presidents cant dispose of companies as if people didnt exist.
She treats him as though he was her own son.
In formal English, you use were instead of was.
He looked at me as though I were mad.

You can use as if or as though to say how someone or something feels,

looks, or sounds.
She felt as if she had fever.
to look He looked as if he hadnt slept at all.
to seem + as if/ as though Mary sounded as though she had run.
to sound
to feel
You can also use it looks and it sounds with as if or as though.
It looks to me as if he wrote down some notes.
When the subject of the manner clause and the main clause are the same, you
can often use a participle in the manner clause and omit the subject and the verb
be.
He shook his head as though dazzled by his own vision.
He ran off the house as if escaping.
You can also use as if or as though with a to-infinitive clause.
As if to remind him, the church clock struck eleven.

In informal speech, people often use like instead of as if or as though.

Some speakers of English think that this use of like is incorrect.

He felt like hed won the game. (like+ past perfect simple)
You look like youve seen a ghost. (like + present perfect continuous)
You talk just like my father does. (like+ present simple)