118. Like / as if / as though

Question 1

Esa casa parece que va a caer

Answer 1

That house looks like it’s going to fall down.

Question 2

Helen parecía que tuviera un resfriado, ¿verdad?

Answer 2

Helen sounded like she had a cold, didn’t she?

Question 3

Acabo de volver de vacaciones, pero me siento muy cansado. No me siento como si hubiera tenido un día de fiesta.

Answer 3

I’ve just got back from holiday, but I feel very

tired. I don’t feel like I’ve had a holiday.

Question 4

Esa casa parece como si fuera a caerse.

Answer 4

That house looks as if it’s going to fall down.

Question 5

Helen sonaba como si tuviera un resfriado, ¿verdad?

Answer 5

Helen sounded as if she had a cold, didn’t she?

Question 6

No me siento como si yo he tenido un día de fiesta.

Answer 6

I don’t feel as though I’ve had a holiday.

Question 7

Te ves cansado.

Answer 7

You look tired.

Question 8

Te ves como si no hubieras dormido.

Answer 8

You look like you haven’t slept.

Question 9

Sarah llega muy tarde, ¿verdad? parece que no va a venir.

Answer 9

Sarah is very late, isn’t she? lt looks like she isn’t coming.

Question 10

Tomamos un paraguas, ya que parecía que iba a llover.

Answer 10

We took an umbrella because it looked like it was going to rain.

Question 11

El ruido es muy ruidoso al lado. Parece que

que están teniendo una fiesta.

Answer 11

The noise is very loud next door. lt sounds like

they’re having a party.

Question 12

parece como si no fuera a venir.

Answer 12

lt looks as if she isn’t coming. or

lt looks as though she isn ‘t coming.

Question 13

parecía que iba a llover.

Answer 13

lt Looked as if it was going to rain.

Question 14

Suena como si estuvieran dando una fiesta.

Answer 14

lt sounds as though they’re having a party.

Question 15

Corrió como si estuviera corriendo por su vida.

Answer 15

He ran like he was running for his Life.

Question 16

Después de la interrupción, el orador continuó hablando como si nada hubiera sucedido.

Answer 16

After the interruption, the speaker went on talking as if nothing had happened.

Question 17

Cuando les expliqué mi plan, me miraron como si estuviera loco.

Answer 17

When I told them my plan, they looked at me as though I was mad.

Question 18

No me gusta Tim. Él habla como si supiera todo.

Answer 18

I don’t like Tim. He talks as if he knew everything.

Question 19

Siempre me está pidiendo que haga cosas para ella - como si no tuviera bastante que hacer.

Answer 19

She’s always asking me to do things for her - as if I didn’t have enough to do already.

Question 20

Gary tiene solo 40 ¿Por qué se habla de él como si fuera un viejo?

Answer 20

Gary’s only 40. Why do you talk about him as if he was an old man?

Question 21

¿Por qué se habla de él como si fuera anciano?

Answer 21

Why do you talk about him as if he were (or was) an old man?

Question 22

Me tratan como si fuera (o era) su propio hijo.

Answer 22

They treat me as if I were (or was) their own son.