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Like and as - Exercise 1

Tuesday, 25 October 2016
During her last shift at work as a refuse collector... During her last shift at work as a refuse collector... This image by piercarloabate is licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license

To test your knowledge, try to fill in the gaps in the below text. Most of the gaps involve you choosing between ‘as’ and ‘like’, but in one gap either can be used, can you work out which one?

“During her last shift working ________________ a refuse collector, she had worked ________________ a dog all day. When she arrived home her cat was as hungry ________________ a bear and so was she. Luckily her sausages tasted ________________ good as they always did and she slept ________________ a baby until morning. She awoke early ________________ she had the day the before, but didn’t get up for some time.”

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