N4 grammar · Lesson 15

〜ようだ・〜みたいだ: “it seems …” from what you notice

電気でんきが消きえています。だれもいないようです。

Say “it seems …” from what you observe with 「〜ようです」 and 「〜みたいです」, compare with 「まるで〜のようです」 and tell them from 「そう」 and 「らしい」.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜ようです」, 「〜みたいです」: from your own observation
  2. 02Comparisons: 「まるで〜のようです」
  3. 03「〜のような」, 「〜みたいな」: before nouns and verbs
  4. 04Compared with the other ways of guessing you have learned

Practice

  • Match each sentence to its meaning
  • Choose the correct way to attach it
  • What would you say?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Swap 「ようです」 and 「みたいです」
  • Put the pieces in order

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