like vs. look like

Preview　（腕試し）

Which of the following sentences are natural?

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1. Shoko looks like happy.

2. You seem happy.

3. He looks Harrison Ford.

4. You look tired. Are you OK?

5. Yoshi looked sleepy in class yesterday.

　

A. 1,2, 3 & 5

B. 1, 4 & 5

C. 2, 4 & 5

D. All

　

Explanation （説明）

The word look has many usages. Here are a few general patterns:

　

1. You can use look to say the say thing as seem. In this kind of sentence, look is followed by an adjective （形容詞）.

　

You look tired. Are you OK?

Jorge looked really happy when he heard that he had won the speech contest.

　

2. You can use look like to express the subject's resemblance to something or someone else.

Some people say that Yoshi looks like Tom Cruise.

The animal looked like a hamster, but I took a close look and found out it was a flying squirrel.

　

Another Usage

Look like is also used to say that it seems that something is going to happen. It is often used when talking about the weather.

It looks like snow. (It seems that it is going to snow.)

It looks like a long winter. (It seems that it will be a long winter.)

　

Another Possibility

In informal English, it is possible to have look like + an adjective if the adjective is preceded by a noun or pronoun.

He looks happy. (standard)

He looks like he is happy. (informal)

　

Exercises（練習）Please choose the best answer. Good luck!

1. He looks like looks look like sleepy.

2. Albert looks like looks look like an aging rock guitarist. He should get a haircut.

3. Have you ever been told that you looked like look looks like a famous person?

4. It looks like look looks rain. You had better take an umbrella.

5. The creature looks like looked like looked a cat, but it turned out to be a weasel.

6. I know I look look like looks angry, but I'm really just tired.

7. Minako looked like looks looked really happy after the test. She must have done very well.

8. The woolly mammoth look like looked like looks an elephant with a shaggy haircut.

9. Does George look like look looks Jack?

10. For many Americans, sushi doesn't look like looks look very tasty.

　

Answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.