COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

1.2.1.COMPARISON

Exercise 1.A: AS vs. LIKE. Fill in the blanks with the linkers.

1. Joan’s notself-confidentshe seems.

2. Peter says he is going to worka salesman.

3. Stop crying a child!

4. Please do exactly I told you.

5. My brother isn’t me at all.

6. John started singinga professional only a couple of years ago, when he recorded his first LP.

7. Laura sings a professional, even though she’s never given a real concert

8. To make a potato salad, start this: boil the potatoes…

9. Pick that shell up – we can use itan ashtray.

10. I still remember her. She used to be a daughter to me.

11. Our plan succeeded _______ we hoped.

B: AS vs. LIKE. Choose an item from the list below to complete the sentences.

A person, a secretary, a dessert, a union representative, an angel, an office , cardboard, he writes, her mother.

1. Susan sings .

2. I workedfor five years.

3. Henry uses the dining room.

4. That cat snores just.

5. I’ve come to this meeting.

6. This bread tastes.

7. James speaks: carefully and precisely.

8. She’s clever and passionate -_______ .

9. Why don’t we have ice cream _____.

Exercise 2. Here are the beginnings and endings of some idiomatic expressions with as…as. Think of the situations where you would use them.

black cold flat good green thin warm white hard old pretty quiet red

a beetroot gold grass toast the grave a pancake the hills ice iron night a picture a rake a sheet

1.2.2.-1.2.3. CONTRAST / CONCESSION

Exercise 3. WHEREAS vs. ALTHOUGH. Join the ideas with the help of the linkers.

1. Soccer is played with a round ball 2. Whales and dolphins are not fish 3. Mercury is a metal 4. English is a Germanic language 5. Many people believe in astrology 6. Dogs are pack animals 7. In Britain spring starts in April 8. Present cars run on petrol 9. Smoking is still a common habit

whereas although

a) cats are solitary by nature. b) rugby is played with an oval ball. c) in Australia it starts in September. d) they spend their lives in water. e) future vehicles may use hydrogen. f) people know it is harmful. g) it is a liquid at room temperature. h) French is descended from Latin. i) it lacks any scientific proof.

Exercise 4. BUT vs. ALTHOUGH.

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Apart from even moreover else	\|	Look at the notes below. Make sentences with a similar meaning using the above linkers as in the example. Change the order if necessary.

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