The document discusses the conjunctions "as if" and "as though". It provides examples of how they are used to describe real or imaginary situations in the present or past. "As if" and "as though" can show how something looks, sounds, feels, etc. or refer to something that is not actually the case by using "were" in the clause. They are used to make comparisons or talk about unreal situations.

1. CONJUNCTIONS WITH A
SIMILAR MEANING

2. Are uses to show how someone or something
sounds, feels, looks, smell, etc. in the
present or past.

3. Are used to talk about real or unreal
(imaginery) situations in the
present and in the past.

4. Has two sentence patterns to show
real or unreal situation

5. SENTENCE
PATTERN: AS IF
+ VERB
(INDICATIVE/PR
ESENT)
 We use as if / as though to say how
someone or something looks, sounds,
feels
 We can use It looks, smells + as if /as
though
 We can also use as if /as though with
other verbs to say how someone does
something.


6. SENTENCE
PATTERN: AS IF
+ VERB
(INDICATIVE/PR
ESENT)

 The house looks as if / as though nobody is living in it.
 Ann sounds as if / as though she’s got a cold
 You look as if / as though you haven’t slept well.
 I feel a bit depressed. I don’t feel as if / as though I’ve had a
holiday

7. SENTENCE
PATTERN: AS IF
+ VERB
(INDICATIVE/PR
ESENT)

It smells as if / as though someone has been smoking in here.
Tom is very late. It looks as if / as though he is not coming.
We took an umbrella because it looked as if / as though it was
going to rain.

8. 
as if nobody had lived there for ages What an awful smell ! They smell

as if they hadn’t washed for ages, They seem to be really angry. It sounds

as if they are having an argument That old house on the hill looked

9. SENTENCE
PATTERN:
AS IF + VERB
(SUBJUNTIV
E/PAST)
 Refer to things, events or
situations that sound, look,
behave etc in a certain way, but
are not actually that way.

10. He´s plays the drums as if he
were a professional.
I felt as though I had run a
marathon.
He is not a profesional. She has not run situation.

12.  He is crying as if / as though he were mad.
 I cannot put up with your behavior. You order about as if /as
though you were the boss, which you are not.
 George speaks as if / as though he knew everything. He is
nothing but an upstart.
SENTENCE
PATTERN:
AS IF + VERB
(SUBJUNTIV
E/PAST)

13. Join the sentences on the right and the sentences on the left to build complex sentences
as if he were my father.
as if she passed all her exams.
as if this process were easy to understand.
as if we all loved him.
as if she were the best cook in the world
as if she wanted to run away with him
 She speaks to the other pupils
 He is so proud of himself that he
behaves
 She usually looks at him
 She sends everybody her recipes
 My teacher explains nothing at all
 He told me to look up to him

14. As if/As though Sentences Real Unreal
Jill's eyes are red. She looks as if she has cried.
The surface of the table feels as if it had been hit with a
bomb.
It looks as if it is going to rain, so let's not go anywhere
but stay
The noise coming from outside sound as though a
UFO were landing in our backyard.

15.  We use as if and as though to make
comparisons.
 We use as if and as though to talk
about an imaginary situation or
unreal situation

16.  We use as if and as though to make
comparisons.
 We use as if and as though to talk
about an imaginary situation or
unreal situation

18.  AS IF/AS THOUGH + CLAUSE
 VERB “TO BE” – WERE IN ALL PERSON–
I/YOU/HE/SHE/IT WE/THEY + WERE
 VERB IN PAST TENSE

19.  The couple looked at
me as though I were
barking mad.
 She swipes at Rusty as
though he were a fly.
COMPARISONS
UNREAL SITUATION

20. AS
THOUGH
THEY
WERE
(MADE OF)
GLASS OR ICE.

21. RUBBERBANDS.

23.  AS IF/AS THOUGH + CLAUSE
 VERB “TO BE” – WERE IN ALL PERSON–
I/YOU/HE/SHE/IT WE/THEY + WERE
 VERB IN PAST TENSE

26. ;
;
;

28. ;
;

29. The sun was
shining; however ,
we didn´t go
outside.
I was cold;
therefore, I put
on my coat.

30. Shows consequence
Synonym “so”

31. (so)

32. Shows consequence
THEREFORE
Independent
clause
semicolon linker Independent clause
She came first ; therefore, she got a good seat.
I am sleepy ; therefore, I am going to bed.
It is a beautiful
day
; therefore,
we are going ot the
beach.
; + therefore + ,

33. There was a terrorist attack last year; therefore, you can´t bring a knife
or a lighter on the plane.
I dropped my cell phne, and it stopped working; therefore, I need to either buy a new
phone or borrow yours.

35. The pitcher threw the ball at the batter´s head; therefore, he was thrown out of the game.
The weather is nice in the summer, but it rains almost everyday; therefore, spring is my
favorite season

36. Shows contrast
Synonym “but”
; + however + ,

37. (but)

38. I was late for my class; however, the teacher was not angry.
The exam was difficul; however, I passed it with flying colors.

40. Mr. Adamson was sick; however, he went to work.
Cell phones are useful; however, they can be harmful to your health.