Grammar in Use 117 Like / As

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Grammar in Use 11 Like / As

Like gebruik je voor vergelijkingen waarbij je figuurlijk iets bedoelt. In het Nederlands kun je bijvoorbeeld zeggen: het past als gegoten. In het Engels zou je dan zeggen: it fits like a glove (Het past als een handschoen.). Je bedoelt niet dat het écht zo is, maar het lijkt er wel op. Like komt vaak voor een persoonlijk voornaamwoord of zelfstandig naamwoord.

Grammar in Use 117 Like / As

As gebruik je vaak om een vergelijking te maken. Je gebruikt het bijvoorbeeld om iemands beroep, positie of rol aan te geven. As wordt gebruikt voor bijzinnen en in combinatie met voorzetsels. Je kunt bijvoorbeeld zeggen: As in the past year, I am going to France (Net zoals vorig jaar, ga ik naar Frankrijk.). Een ander voorbeeld is: I work as a teacher at an elementary school (Ik werk als leraar op een basisschool).

She looks ___ her mother.

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He was appointed ___ a teacher at our school.

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She looks ____ an angel.

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___ I told you before, you have to come to work on time.

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My brother is not ___ me.

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Alan qualified ___ an engineer and now works in France.

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He worked ____ a slave to finish his homework on time.

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She can swim ___ a fish.

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It seems ___ if it is going to rain.

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She did the work ___ she promised.

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___ you can see, this is the most beautiful car in the shop.

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She looks ____ a princess in her beautiful dress.

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___ expected, he got the highest score.

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When he saw the police, he ran ___ lightning.

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Don't behave ____ a child.

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___ a child, I was afraid of the dark.

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I have never heard a story __ this one before.

Can you be ___ kind as your sister?

He looks very much ___ his grandfather.

I don't like roles ___ the one I got in the play.

___ you can imagine, I couldn't convince him.

She looks ____ a superstar in her new outfit.

I want to join the company ___ a manager.

I hate him just __ much as you do.

Here are some tips how to write ___ a professional.

He works in a bank, ___ his father.

I used a tea towel _____ an oven glove and I burned it.

I bought a tea towel, just ___ that one over there.

Your perfume smells ___ flowers.

She works ___ a hairdresser.

During the Corona crisis she had to cut her children's hair, just ___ a hairdresser