It looks like rain
It looks like ___.
A．rain B．to rain C．rains D．raining

The answer is A

I think the meaning is " It seems that it's going to rain "

But I'm wondering if I can say " It looks like raining" ? means "It seems that it's raining now " ,does it has grammatical mistake ?

Thank you

Question

It looks like rain
It looks like ___.
A．rain	B．to rain	C．rains	D．raining

The answer is  A

I think the meaning is " It seems that it's going to rain "

But I'm wondering if I can say " It looks like raining" ?  means "It seems that it's raining now " ,does it has grammatical mistake ?

Thank you

Answer

"It looks like raining" is definitely incorrect. A is the only correct answer.

For the present moment, you can use "It looks like it's raining."  In reality, we say "It's raining." No mystery here.

Answer

It looks like it is raining is fine.
It looks like it's raining now is also fine.

It looks like rain today, while perhaps not completely grammatically correct, is very common speech.