LINKING VERB + like | similar to + NOUN PHRASE – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 55 in the category of CLAUSES/comparatives is defined as:

linking verbs + ‘like’ or ‘similar to’.

EXPERT EXAMPLE:

They taste similar to regular bulb onions, but they‘re milder.

tastingtable.com

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE

He looks like a cute turtle.

Korean, Male, Level 2

A search in iWeb for:

look* like * * *

1 LOOKS LIKE THIS: 14720 2 LOOK LIKE THIS: 13872 3 LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE 2487

4 LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE 2423

5 LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF 2081 6 LOOKED LIKE THIS: 1922 7 LOOK LIKE THIS. 1826

8 LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE 1608

9 LOOKS LIKE IT ‘S GOING 1499

10 LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE 1469

1 SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF 3499
2 SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA 2604

Again, it sounds like a good idea.

3 SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A 2474
4 SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA 1903
5 SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE 1642 6 SOUND LIKE MUCH , BUT 1599 7 SOUND LIKE A LOT , 1426 8 SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE 1218 9 SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD A 1195

10 SOUND LIKE A LOT OF 1140

1 TASTES LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN 137 2 TASTE LIKE ? THE 125

3 TASTE LIKE THE REAL THING 98

4 TASTES LIKE THE REAL THING 91 5 TASTE LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN 71 6 TASTES LIKE A COMBINATION OF 63 7 TASTED LIKE IT HAD BEEN 61 8 TASTES LIKE IT CAME FROM 50

9 TASTE LIKE THE REAL DEAL 42

10 TASTE LIKE, WELL , 39

5 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT. 132 (famous grunge song takes the first 5 ranked strings) 6 SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN EGGS. 81 7 SMELLING LIKE A ROSE . 64 8 SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN EGGS, 51

9 SMELLS LIKE A MIX OF 44

10 SMELLS LIKE THE REAL THING 39 11 SMELL LIKE ROTTEN EGGS. 38 12 SMELLS LIKE A MIXTURE OF 35 13 SMELL LIKE? THIS 34 14 SMELL LIKE THE INSIDE OF 33

15 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT 30

look* similar to * *

1 LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS: 546
2 LOOK SIMILAR TO THE FOLLOWING 459 3 LOOK SIMILAR TO THE ONE 270 4 LOOKS SIMILAR TO THE ONE 212 5 LOOKS SIMILAR TO THIS: 185 6 LOOK SIMILAR TO THE IMAGE 163

7 LOOKS SIMILAR TO THE FOLLOWING 132

8 LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS. 129 9 LOOK SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER 83

10 LOOK SIMILAR TO THAT OF 76

1 SOUND SIMILAR TO THAT OF 83 2 SOUNDS SIMILAR TO WHAT I 68 3 SOUNDS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU 51

4 SOUNDS SIMILAR TO MINE. 32

5 SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THE ONE 28 6 SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THE WORD 27 7 SOUND SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU 25 8 SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THAT OF 25 9 SOUND SIMILAR TO WHAT I 18

10 SOUNDS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE 18

1 TASTE SIMILAR TO THAT OF 37 2 TASTE SIMILAR TO SPINACH . 6 3 TASTE SIMILAR TO ASPARAGUS, 5 4 TASTE SIMILAR TO NUTS LIKE 5

5 TASTES SIMILAR TO BROWN SUGAR 5

1 SMELL SIMILAR TO THAT OF 19 2 SMELL SIMILAR TO ” ROTTEN 6 3 SMELL SIMILAR TO THE SMELL 5 4 SMELLS SIMILAR TO ROTTEN EGGS 4

5 SMELL SIMILAR TO ROTTEN EGGS 3

A2 vocabulary:

could, following, idea, might, mine, mix, real, song