Like and as

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Grammar: As and Like

compound adjectives

like

• Can be used as a preposition and is followed by a noun, a pronoun (voornaamwoord) or a gerund (-ing vorm: like swimming).  
• It is used to give a comparison (vergelijking). 

Examples: 

He behaves like a clown.  (noun)

His new jeans are like ours .  (pronoun)

This test is so difficult it’s like pulling teeth.   (gerund)

as

Can be used as a preposition to tell you what job or function a person or thing has.

Examples: 

He works as a clown. 

It works as a sort of screwdriver. 

Other uses of as and like:  

see examples Objective First p. 167/168 

Now do exercises 1-3

Compound adjectives

A compound adjective (samengesteld bijv. nw) is an adjective which has two parts and is usually written with a hyphen (-). Many have a present or past participle as the second part of the compound.

a thick-billed parrot

a man-eating tiger

Now do exercise 4

thick-billed                left-handed                  self-confident

four-legged               cross-eyed                   drive-in

man-eating                sharp-tongued           hard-up

blue-eyed                   narrow-minded          well-off

long-haired               curly-haired                  

bad-tempered         broad-minded

Mind the following

a fifty-kilometre road

a twelve-year-old girl

a seventy-five-minute film

a thirty-five-thousand-pound car

a ten-second pause

1. beak
2. feathers
3. fur
4. horn

1. beak
2. feathers
3. horn
4. tail

1. fur
2. horns
3. paws
4. wings

1. feathers
2. fur
3. wings
4. paws

1. wings
2. feathers
3. beak
4. paws

Now do exercise 5

Expressions with time

kill time = tijd doden

have a good time = een leuke tijd hebben / je vermaken

tellt he time = klokkijken

spend time = tijd besteden

pass the time = tijd doorbrengen

take time off = vrij nemen

waste time = tijd verspillen

ten times three = 10 x 3

one at a time = een tegelijk

from time to time = nu en dan

a time when = een tijd toen ..

time for breakfast = tijd voor ontbijt

in time = op tijd ( binnen de gestelde tijdslimiet)

at times = soms

four times as much = vier keer zoveel

Now do exercise 6 and 7