1. Study

You have learned that the word like should not be used if the part of the sentence which comes after it is a statement. You have also learned that as or as if should be used in its place in such sentences. The word that also may sometimes be used in its place.

Say these sentences many times so they will sound right to you. Notice each one to see if the rule is true:

1. He tries to walk as you do.

2. It seems as if I used to know her.

3. The baby looks like his mother.

4. I feel that I am taking cold.

5. Have you ever played "Do as I do"?

6. James ran like the wind.

7. He acts as if he were tired.

8. My pen is not like yours.

2. Exercises

a. Use as, as if, like, or that in these sentences:

1. It seems-----you ought to go.

2. I wish I had a dress-----yours.

3. I feel-----I ought to go.

4. Do you think she looks-----her mother does?

5. Do you think she looks-----her mother?

b. Write sentences of your own using these words correctly.

c. If you hear people using like in a wrong way, write the sentences correctly.