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Compare and contrast are useful skills when analysing text for details. It is important to
remember the following things when comparing and contrasting.
Compare and contrast involve the study of two or more items to discover the similarities and
differences between them.
Example: The world has two polar caps Arctic in the north and Antarctic in the south.
However, the northern and southern polar regions are different in many ways.
Comparing involves looking for similarities between things.
Example: The Arctic and the Antarctic caps are covered with ice.
ii.)
iii)
A helicopter
Unlike a helicopter
In contrast to a helicopter
Compared with a helicopter
In comparison to a helicopter
slower than
The helicopter is
smaller than
relatively cheaper
The helicopter is a
comparatively cheaper
Exercise 2
1. Read the text below about big things. Find as many comparisons as you can.
The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived even bigger than the largest of the
dinosaurs. But even the blue whale is dwarfed by the redwoods and giant sequoia trees that
grow in California. The Californian redwoods are the worlds tallest trees. Many of them reach
more than 100 metres in height. A mature redwood towers over a space shuttle or a jumbo jet.
The redwood tree is about 50 times as tall as a fully grown person. The giant sequoias are not
as tall as the redwoods but have much thicker trunks. One sequoia tree called General
Sherman is 83 metres high and the base of its trunk is more than 11 metres wide. General
Sherman is the largest living thing.
Exercise 3
a.
Tick whether the answer is (True) for the sentences that highlight the comparisons found
in this text or (False) for sentences that are inaccurate
Sentence
True / False
(i)
True
False
(ii)
True
False
(iii)
True False
(iv)
True False
b.
(v)
True False
(vi)
A jumbo jet is bigger than both the redwood and the sequoia.
True False
(vii)
True False
(viii)
True False
C.
Exercise 4
a.
Read the sentences below, and choose if the statement is a fact (F) or an
opinion(O).
b.
1. Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States during the Civil War. (F/O)
2. The cookies my mom makes are the best in town. (F/O)
3. My teacher feels all students should wear school uniforms. (F/O)
4. I enjoy reading books at night. (F/O)
5. In America, we celebrate Christmas in December. (F/O)
6. There are seven days in a week. (F/O)
7. My friend likes to go to the park during the evenings. (F/O)
8. She awoke at 7:00 a.m. this morning. (F/O)
9. English is an easy language to learn. (F/O)
Underline the facts and use a highlighter or colored pen to highlight the opinions. Be
carefulyou may find fact and opinion together in the same sentence.
There are many different ways to invest your money to provide for a financially secure future.
Many people invest in stocks and bonds, but I think good old- fashioned savings accounts and
CDs (certificates of deposit) are the best way to invest your hard-earned money. Stocks and
bonds are often risky, and it doesn't make sense to risk losing the money you've worked so hard
for. True, regular savings accounts and CDs can't make you a millionaire overnight or provide the
high returns some stock investments do. But by the same token, savings accounts and CDs are
fully insured and provide steady, secure interest on your money. That makes a whole lot of cents.