Question

The interjection ‘as if means ‘in a manner suggesting’ or ‘in mimicry of. Read the following passage from the story ‘Crime and Punishment’ and rewrite the sentences using ‘as if. 

The child’s parents lectured to the teacher everyday on their theories like experts in Psychology. They wanted the teacher to deal with the child like delicate glass. But, in truth, the boy behaved like a gorilla.

Answer 1

The child’s parents lectured to the teacher every day on theories as if they were experts in psychology. They wanted the teacher to deal with the child as if he were a piece of delicate glass. But in truth the boy behaved as if he were a gorilla.