1. Making deductions.
Apparently the photos were taken by her husband.
It seems / It appears that the photos were taken by her husband.
= The photos seem/appear to have been taken by her husband.
Complete sentence B so it has the same meaning as sentence A.
2. Describing appearances.
We can make deductions about what we see, using look and seem.
It looks like | they are swimming. |
It looks as if | |
It seems like | |
It seems as if | |
They seem | to be swimming. |
Respond to the following questions, like this:
"Do you think
they are swimming?"
"Yes, it looks like they are swimming."
or
"Yes, they seem to be swimming."