Creating comparisons. Compare the items in each of these pairs orally in one or two sentences. Note that the items have something in common, for otherwise there would be no point in comparing them. A good way to make a comparison is to begin with that they have in common. Include at least one way the items are similar and one way they are different. For example, to compare tea and coffee, you might say, “Both coffee and tea are drinks, but coffee is made from a bean and tea is prepared from leaves.”
1. a telescope and a microscope ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. a submarine and a dolphin ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. a computer and a calculator ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. a desert and a jungle ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. a photocopier and an x-ray machine ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
1 Both are used to make things look bigger, but a telescope is for seeing faraway objects, while a microscope is for seeing tiny objects up close
2 Both move underwater, but a submarine is a machine, while a dolphin is a living animal
3 Both are used for calculations, but a computer can do more complex tasks than a calculator
4 Both are natural environments, but a desert is dry, while a jungle is wet and full of trees
5 Both make images, but a photocopier is for documents, while an x-ray machine is for looking inside the body
