UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIN, HUMANAS

Y TECNOLOGAS

GRAMMAR SIX
TOPIC:
AS IF/ AS THOUGH/LIKE
STUDENTS:
Mario Salazar
Shirley Vsquez

AS IF AND AS THOUGH

As if and as though are conjunctions,they

are used to say what a situation seem like.
They can refer to something that we think
may be true.

AS IF / AS THOUGH
have the same meaning
STRUCTURE
Example:
The sky looks as if/as though it
is going to rain.

Uses
As if /as though is used
to describe how someone
or something
Looks

Sounds

Feels

Examples
The house looks as if / as though nobody was living
in it
Ann sounds as if / as though shes got a cold.
You look as if / as though you havent slept well.
I feel a bit depressed. I dont feel as if / as though
Ive had a holiday
You look as if youve seen a ghost.
Is something bothering you? You look as if you
havent slept in days

It look/ sound/ smell as if or

It look/ sound/ smell as though or
like

EXAMPLES:
1. It smells as if / as though someone has been smoking in
here.
2. Tom is very late. It looks as if / as though he is not
coming.
3. It looks as if theyve had a shock.
4. It looks as though youve not met before.
5. It doesnt look as if the economy will improve anytime
soon.
6. The airplanes were so close together it looked
as if they were going to crash.

As if or as though with
other verbs to describe
Behaviour or way of
acting

EXAMPLES:
1. I cant stand spending time with Ben. He always acts as if/
hes smarter than everyone.
2. Why is Carol ignoring us? Shes acting as if Shes never met
us before!
3. She told like she had known the problem

As if/ as though and past tense

with present meaning
unreality

improbability

doubt

EXAMPLES:
1. George speaks as if / as though he knew everything. He is
nothing but an upstart.
2. I cannot put up with your behaviour. You order about as
if /as though you were the boss, which you are not.
3. He spends money as if he owned a bank

More Examples
1. Shes behaving as if she were the Queen of England!
(She is not the Queen of England, but she is acting as if she is
very important)
2. They stared at me as if I were crazy.
(Im not crazy, but people looked at me like I was crazy.)
3. His older brother always treats him as if he were a child.
(He is not a child, but his brother often talks to him like a child.)
4. He boarded the airplane as if he were a seasoned traveller.
5. She walks as if she were a supermodel.
6. She sings as if she were a pop star.
Note: If you want to emphasize that something is not
true, its possible to use were instead of was. In
American English its common to use were

True statement (fact) Verb form after as if/as

though
He is not a child

She did not take a

shower with her clothes on

She will be here

She talked to him as if he

were a child
When she came in from the
rainstorm, she looked as if
she had taken a shower
with her clothes on
She spoke as if she
wouldnt be here

Instead
of as if/as
though.

This is
common in
American
English

LIKE

Informal
english

Follow by
a clause

EXAMPLES:
It looks like rain
Notice:
Like is followed by a noun object
It looks like it is going to rain (informal)
It felt like it could snow at any minute.(informal)
That house look like its going to fall down.
It look like they arent coming.
She ran like she was running a marathon.

Classroom Activity
1.- Complete the following sentences with as if / as though or like.
a. You need to act you knew as if the answers and as long as you have studied
the answer will come to you.
b. She talks to her Friends as if they were her slaves.
c. He live like a king, even though he is just a carpenter.
d. She speak as though she had marbles in her mouth.
e. Jill's eyes are red. She looks as if she has cried.
f. It looks like rain,so lets not go anywhere but stay indoors.
g. The surface of the table feels as if it has been hit with something hard.
h. The noise coming from outside sounded like a UFO that
we know from science fiction films.

2.- Choose the correct answer:

A. Andika works . . .
1. As though he was a machine
2. As though he likes machine
3. As though he were a machine
B. They played football . . .
As if they met European clubs
As if they had met European clubs
As if they would met European clubs
C. Mr. Mustofa spoke . . .
As though he were a native speaker.
As though he were a native speaker
As though he is a native speaker
As though he had been a native speaker

D. Muslichah acts . . .
As if she was an artist
As if she is an artist
As if she were an artist
E. Nanik stares at me. . .
As though I were her enemy.
As though I am her enemy.
F. Mr. Toyo treated me . . .
As if I made a mistake.
As if I had made a mistake.
As if I have made a mistake