Submitted by Leenh on 12 September, 2011 - 17:58. Saudi Arabia
Hello,
We use "look like" with "NOUNS", and "look" with "ADJECTIVES".
He mentioned an example for "look like", he said:"It looks like a nice place to live". and another example for "look", he said:"This looks interesting". I know that the word "Interesting" is an "Adjective" but can I say :(This looks like an interesting place)? and what's the correct way to say this sentence?
Best regards,
Leenh.
Submitted by AdamJK on 21 September, 2011 - 16:29. Poland
Hello Leenh,
Yes, your sentence (this looks like an interesting place) is correct. You have used 'looks like' because there is a noun. When there is no noun, only an adjective, we use 'look'.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Submitted by Letik on 31 August, 2011 - 09:52. Kazakhstan
Hi everyone! I wonder is it an error with the system or did I really made a mistake choosing answer "a" in the second question (task 1)? I chose "The man looks trouble", but it was wrong choice because the system tells that the write answer is "The man looks like trouble". Does it mean that he is worried? As I understood we must use 'look like' with nouns and 'look' with adjectives...
And one more thing - I am afraid I did not quite understand what Rob said at the end of the video. Did he say "Listen out for it"? What did he mean? And why do British people say 'nice' quite often?
Many thanks to Learn English team in advance.
Submitted by AdamJK on 8 September, 2011 - 17:37. Poland
Hi Letik,
The answer given is correct and your answer was wrong, I'm afraid! When we say he looks like trouble, we mean that we think he is going to cause trouble or some problems.
In this sentence, trouble is used as a noun and it is never used as an adjective (the adjective is 'troubling' or 'troubled').
You're right that at the end of the video, Rob says 'listen out for it'. He means that viewers should try to hear this word when they listen to English in the future.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
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Hello,
We use "look like" with "NOUNS", and "look" with "ADJECTIVES".
He mentioned an example for "look like", he said:"It looks like a nice place to live". and another example for "look", he said:"This looks interesting". I know that the word "Interesting" is an "Adjective" but can I say :(This looks like an interesting place)? and what's the correct way to say this sentence?
Best regards,
Leenh.
team
Hello Leenh,
Yes, your sentence (this looks like an interesting place) is correct. You have used 'looks like' because there is a noun. When there is no noun, only an adjective, we use 'look'.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi everyone! I wonder is it an error with the system or did I really made a mistake choosing answer "a" in the second question (task 1)? I chose "The man looks trouble", but it was wrong choice because the system tells that the write answer is "The man looks like trouble". Does it mean that he is worried? As I understood we must use 'look like' with nouns and 'look' with adjectives...
And one more thing - I am afraid I did not quite understand what Rob said at the end of the video. Did he say "Listen out for it"? What did he mean? And why do British people say 'nice' quite often?
Many thanks to Learn English team in advance.
team
Hi Letik,
The answer given is correct and your answer was wrong, I'm afraid! When we say he looks like trouble, we mean that we think he is going to cause trouble or some problems.
In this sentence, trouble is used as a noun and it is never used as an adjective (the adjective is 'troubling' or 'troubled').
You're right that at the end of the video, Rob says 'listen out for it'. He means that viewers should try to hear this word when they listen to English in the future.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
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