The document discusses the conjunctions "as if", "as though", and "like" and how they are used to describe how something looks, sounds, feels, or behaves in a way that seems untrue or uncertain. It provides examples of their use in different tenses and structures, including using "were" instead of "was" to emphasize something is not true. It also notes that "like" can be used informally in American English as an alternative to "as if/as though" followed by a clause.

1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN, HUMANAS
Y TECNOLOGÍAS
GRAMMAR SIX
TOPIC:
AS IF/ AS THOUGH/LIKE
STUDENTS:
Mario Salazar
Shirley Vásquez

2. 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.

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

4. Uses
As if /as though is used
to describe how someone
or something
Looks Sounds Feels

5. Examples
• The house looks as if / as though nobody was 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
• You look as if you’ve seen a ghost.
• Is something bothering you? You look as if you
haven’t slept in days

6. 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 they’ve had a shock.
4. It looks as though you’ve not met before.
5. It doesn’t 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.
It look/ sound/ smell as if or
It look/ sound/ smell as though or
like

7. As if or as though with
other verbs to describe
Behaviour or way of
acting
EXAMPLES:
1. I can’t stand spending time with Ben. He always acts as if/
he’s smarter than everyone.
2. Why is Carol ignoring us? She’s acting as if She’s never met
us before!
3. She told like she had known the problem

8. 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

9. More Examples
1. She’s 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.
(I’m 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, it’s possible to use were instead of was. In
American English it’s common to use were

10. “True “ statement (fact) Verb form after as if/as
though
He is not a child She talked to him as if he
were a child
She did not take a
shower with her clothes on
When she came in from the
rainstorm, she looked as if
she had taken a shower
with her clothes on
She will be here She spoke as if she
wouldn’t be here

11. LIKE
Instead
of as if/as
though.
Follow by
a clause
Informal
english
This is
common in
American
English

12. 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 it´s going to fall down.
• It look like they aren´t coming.
• She ran like she was running a marathon.

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

14. 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

15. 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