Question

Fill in the blank with most appropriate word.
It's July and the weather's awful! It's _____ in winter!

• A. Likes
• B. As like
• C. Like
• D. As

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Like

Option C is correct as it brings out the sense of comparison in the sentence. ‘Like’ as a preposition means ‘having the same characteristics or qualities as’. Here, it is completing the meaning of the sentence by bringing out the sense of similarity with ‘winter.’ Option A cannot be used as the sentence does not require a verb. Option B cannot be used as it would render the sentence grammatically incorrect. Option D cannot be used for ‘as’ is used to connect the subordinate clause of the sentence to its main clause and this sentence only has one clause.