DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LIKE AND AS

Like
We use it when the second term of the comparison is a noun, a gerund or a pronoun.
Dave looks like his father. - Don't act like me !
Like can be modified with adverbs , such as : just, more, very much, not at all... :
Just like you, Jane wanted to be a doctor.
We can also use like (or such as) when giving eamples:
He prefers classical composers, like Chopin.
he prefers !rench actors, such as Delon.

AS
We use it when the second term of the comparison is a verb, a clause or a preposition.
Don't do as " do !
"t started rainin#, as " said it would.
$rices are very hi#h, as in the %&&'s. (as they were)

!s can be used before a noun:
he works as a nurse.

"e careful :
he speaks like a teacher ...she is not a teacher.
he speaks as a teacher ...she is a teacher.

AS IF
#n $nglish we also use as if to make comparisons. %owever it has a few distinct
characteristics to its use:
&he verb after !' #( is always in the past subjunctive, no matter what tense the
sentence is.
#f the verb "$ directly follows !' #(, we use were for all personal pronouns.
He looks as if he knew the answer. (&he verbs L))*' indicates this sentence is in the
present + but the verb after !' #( + knew , is in the past subjuntive).
he walks as if she were a supermodel. (&he verb after !' #( + be + has been changed
to were and not was).
He boarded the airplane as if he were a seasoned traveller.
He spends money as if he owned a bank.

We also use like - noun or pronoun or as if/ as though - clauses with some verbs:
feel, look, sound, smell, seem, treat
"t looks like rain * "t feels like rain.
"t looks as if it's #oin# to rain.
"t feels as if it were #oin# to rain.
"t looks as thou#h it were #oin# to rain.
#t feels as though it were going to rain.

$.$/0#'$: 1se as, like or as if in the gaps
2. !fter university # had a job 3333333333333 a waiter for 4 months.
4. 'he is a real pain5 # can6t imagine her 3333333333333 a nurse.
7. %e behaved 3333333333333 a fool and we got lost in the forest.
8. # woke up early, 3333333333333 # knew # would.
9. Why do you talk to me 3333333333333 # were a child:
;. &here was heavy snow 3333333333333 in the previous year according to my
friends.
<. 'he is eighty but she behaves 3333333333333 she were much younger than
she is.
=. What are you cooking: #t smells 3333333333333 #ndian food.
>. ?ou look terrible5 ?ou look 3333333333333 you have seen a ghost.
2@. %e lost his keys yesterday but 3333333333333 # epected he found
them one hour later.
22. )n (riday, 3333333333333 on &hursday, we had two meetings.
24. Ay brother works 3333333333333 a motor mechanic.
27. %e was a non,smoker, 3333333333333 were most of his friends.
28. # donBt smoke or drink, 3333333333333 Ceter.
29. Clease donBt use that plate 3333333333333 an ashtray.