Like and as can be confusing in English.

Both like and as can be used to describe how similar things are.

Like + noun/pronoun.

For example

• I'm like my mother.


• Like my mother, I have brown hair.

As + subject + verb.

For example,

However, in spoken English, like is often used instead of as. "She's a good student, like her brother was before her."

As I told you, the car was parked behind the house.

As - like; to the same degree

• Leticia was tires as was her husband.

As + preposition.

• As in the 1980's, recession will be a big problem.

As used in expressions

• as you know


• as you requested


• as we agreed.

We also use as…..as to give comparisons. For example, "He's as clever as his sister

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