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Sentence Transition Words for Similarity and Difference

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  1. a) Mark the sentences T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).
  2. A) Study the vocabulary for work and jobs. Match words and phrases from the left-side column with their Ukrainian equivalents.
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  10. B) Complete the letter using words and phrases from the Useful Language box. The letter in brackets indicates which column you should check to find the correct word or phrase.
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  12. Choose the correct alternative in each of these sentences. Then match them to the statements a-i about use of tenses.

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Introduction

Body, 1st paragraph ---- Compare ---- Similarities

Body, 2nd paragraph ---- Contrast ---- Differences

Conclusion


Comparisons

Describing similarities and differences

Adjectives for Similarity and Difference

SIMILARITY DIFFERENCE
Use these comparative words to show similarity. Use these comparative words to show difference.
The apples are the same. (pronoun) The apple and the orange are different. (adj)
These apples are alike. (adj) The apple and the orange are unalike / not alike. (adj)
The apples are similar. (adj) The apple and the orange are dissimilar. (adj)
The apples ripen similarly. (adv) The apple and the orange grow differently. (adv)
This apple is like that apple. (prep) The apple is unlike the orange. (prep)

Related page: Parallel Phrasing

Adjective Expressions for Similarity and Differences

SIMILARITY DIFFERENCE
Use the expressions below to show similarity: as…as, the same…as, like, etc. Use the expressions below to show dissimilarity: not as…as, different…from, unlike, etc.
This apple is as red as that apple. idiom (adv - adv) The apple is different from/ than the orange. (adj - conj)
This apple has the same flavor as that apple. (noun - adv) This apple is not as sweet as this orange. (adv - adv)
This apple and the other apples are the same.* The apple is more beautiful than the orange. (adj - conj)
This apple looks like that apple. (verb phrase) The apple is much more beautiful than the orange. (adv - adj - conj)
This apple is similar to that apple. (adj - prep) The apple grows on a tree unlike the tomato. (prep)
This apple is like that apple. (prep) The apple is more like a pear than the orange. (prep)
This apple is just the same as that apple. (adv - pronoun - adv) The skin of the apple contrasts to the skin of the orange. (verb - prep)
Both this apple and that one are sweet. (paired conjunction) The orange in contrast to the lemon is sweet.
Neither this apple nor that one is sweet. (paired conjunction) The orange is sweet in contrast to the lemon which is bitter.

Also see: Both - and (neither nor) More than and the same as
*Same almost always occurs as the same in a comparison.

 

Sentence Transition Words for Similarity and Difference

SIMILARITY DIFFERENCE
Use a transition word (with a comma after it) to begin a sentence. The word functions to transition the reader from the thought in one sentence to a similar thought in the next. Use a transition word (with a comma after it) to begin a sentence. The word functions to transition the reader from the thought in one sentence to a differing thought in the next.
This apple is tart. Similarly, this one is sour. (adverb phrase) The apple is red. In contrast, the orange is orange.
This apple is tart. In the same way, this one is sour. Some people think the apple is orange. On the contrary, the apple is red. (on the contrary = not true!)
That orange is delicious. Likewise, this apple is very flavorful. While / Whereas the orange is high in fiber, the apple is not. (contrasts two items)
  On the one hand the lemon is high in fiber, on the other hand it is too bitter to eat. (Use when discussing "both sides of the coin".)

Also see: Contrasts - but / but still


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