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Unit
Exercises 118

118.1 What do you say in these situations? Use the words in brackets to make your sentence.
1 You meet Bill. He has a black eye and blood on his face. (look / like / be / a fight)
You say to him: You look like you’ve been in a fight.
2 Claire comes into the room. She looks absolutely terrified. (look / as if / see / a ghost)
You say to her: What’s the matter? You
3 You have just run one kilometre, but you are exhausted. (feel / like / run / a marathon)
You say: I
4 Joe is on holiday. He’s talking to you on the phone and sounds happy.
(sound / as if / have / a good time)
You say to him: You

118.2 Make sentences beginning It looks like … or It sounds like … .
you should see a doctor there’s been an accident they’re having an argument
it’s going to rain she isn’t coming they don’t have any
1 Sarah said she would be here an hour ago.
You say: It looks like she isn’t coming.
2 The sky is full of black clouds.
You say: It
3 You hear two people shouting at each other next door.
You say:
4 You see an ambulance, some policemen and two damaged cars at the side of the road.
You say:
5 You and a friend are in a supermarket. You’re looking for bananas, but without success.
You say:
6 Dave isn’t feeling well. He tells you all about it.
You say:

118.3 Complete the sentences with as if. Choose from the box, putting the verbs in the correct form.
she / enjoy / it I / be / crazy he / not / eat / for a week
he / need / a good rest she / hurt / her leg he / mean / what he / say
I / not / exist she / not / want / come
1 Mark looks very tired. He looks as if he needs a good rest .
2 I don’t think Paul was joking. He looked .
3 What’s the matter with Lisa? She’s walking .
4 Paul was extremely hungry and ate his dinner very quickly.
He ate .
5 I looked at Sarah during the movie. She had a bored expression on her face.
She didn’t look .
6 I told my friends about my plan. They were amazed.
They looked at me .
7 I phoned Kate and invited her to the party, but she wasn’t very enthusiastic.
She sounded .
8 I went into the office, but nobody spoke to me or looked at me.
Everybody ignored me .
118.4 These sentences are like the ones in Section D. Complete each sentence using as if.
1 Andy is a terrible driver. He drives as if he were the only driver on the road.
2 I’m 20 years old, so please don’t talk to me a child.
3 Steve has never met Nicola, but he talks about her his best friend.
4 We first met a long time ago, but I remember it yesterday.

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