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Have you ever wanted to know some different uses of the word 'like'? Learn 4 of them with Tom in this English In A Minute.

ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

4 ways to use 'like'

1. Like can be used as an active verb to mean 'to feel positive about'.

• I really like going camping. I love nature.
• He likes learning new things. He's so inquisitive.

2. Be like can be used a to mean 'similar'.

• She is so like her friend. They both speak in the same way.
• They are like each other. They look like twins.

3.Like can also be used to mean 'such as' or to give an example.

• I love all types of scary films, like ones with monsters in them.
• He loves playing horror games, like the video game I saw him playing yesterday was really scary. 

4. The expression like, like can be used to say that two family members are the same.

• Sarah does the flick with her hair as her mother. Like mother, like daughter 
• Your father said the same thing to me. Like father, like son.

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