Year: 2015

Slideshare

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Slideshare is a community that allows people to upload and share slides and other resources. Its aim is to share knowledge online.

For example, this is a presentation on plural nouns in English:

This is a book on phrasal verbs in context:

This one could help you improve your vocabulary:

This is how it looks when you search for a topic:
Slideshare
First of all, you have to write the topic you are interested in (on the top), then you can click on the search icon. The image above shows you how it will appear on your screen. After you’ve clicked on the “search” button, you can change the language (look at the red arrow on the right). Thanks to this option, you will be able to find resources not only in English but also in other languages.

For example, choosing French, instead of English, this is what’ll appear on your screen:
slideshare_french

AS or LIKE?

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As and like are often confused in English because we use them both to talk about things that are similar.
In American English, like is often used as a conjunction (instead of as), but the conjunctive use of like is not correct.

AS

It’s a CONJUNCTION. It should be followed by a clause containing a subject and a verb.
The structure of the sentence is usually: AS + SUBJECT + VERB

EXAMPLES

  • He runs as a gazzelle does.
  • Nobody plays tennis as he does.
  • She’s a good singer, as her mother was before her.

As can also be a preposition, but with a different meaning from like. The meaning of as in this case is: ‘in the position of‘; ‘in the form of‘, etc.

  • Last year, I worked as a secretary in my brother’s office.
  • The news of her death came as a great shock.

LIKE = ‘similar to’; ‘the same as’; ‘for example‘(= such as).

It’s a PREPOSITION. It should be followed by an object to make a prepositional phrase.
The structure of the sentence is usually: VERB + LIKE + NOUN / PRONOUN / -ING. You can also say ‘like (somebody/something) doing something’.

Examples:

  • It’s hot in this room. It’s like an oven!
  • He speaks like a native speaker.
  • He runs like a gazzelle.
  • The floor has been polished. It’s like walking on ice!
  • It sounds like a dog barking.