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Expressing Similarity: - look like

1.1 Use «like» with sensory verbs (such as «look», «sound», «feel», «taste», «smell») to compare something to another thing, showing that they are similar in some way.


Examples

This cake tastes like chocolate.

The fabric feels like silk.

The music sounds like a lullaby.

He looks like his father.

Her perfume smells like roses.


1.2 Use «seem» or «appear» with complement clauses to express impressions about a situation. The patterns:  It + seems/appears + like + clause It + seems/appears + that + clause


Examples

It looks like he isn’t coming.

It seems that the problem has been solved.

It appears that John misunderstood the instructions.


 
 
 

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