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Idioms and Expressions
Descriptions
To give a description of something we can use
look + adjective
>>The market
looks
bad. He
looks
unhappy.
Or
look like + noun
:
>>The Guggenheim museum
looks like
a big ship. You
look like
your father.
The Guggenheim museum resembles a big ship. You resemble your father.
Predictions
To express what may happen in the near future we can use
look like + going to + base verb
.
>>It
looks like
it's going to rain. The market
looks like
it's going to fall.
Appearance
Or to express how something appears use
it looks like + subject + present progressive
, or
it looks like + subject + adjective
.
>>It
looks like
she's stealing something. It
looks like
she's crying.
>>It
looks like
they're angry. It
looks like
John is upset.
Questions are more flexible.
>>What does your friend look like? She's short and blonde.
>>What does the house look like? It's blue with white trim.
These questions talk about physical description. We do not use the word
look
in the answer.
>>
What
do the premiums
look like
? They
look
pretty low.
These questions evaluate something. Here we can use the word
look
in the answer.
>>
How
do the premiums
look
? They
look
good.
Careful! You cannot use
how + look like
.
Exercise
Choose the best word or words to complete each sentence.
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