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2. Comparing
Another common type of question in this part of the exam is for you to compare two
different things. This type of question can be asked in different ways, but usually you
are asked to compare different
time periods [now and the past];
things [such as
houses and apartments]; or different types of
people [older/younger, and different
genders]. For all these types of questions you could use language of
comparison
(cheaper, more expensive, X is more/less than Y) .
Comparing time periods
What are the differences in the topics that people talk about these days and the topics
they talked about in the past?
Well, I think they are like chalk and cheese. I feel the most fundamental
would be that people these days prefer to talk about technology and the
economy,
whereas people in the past used to talk about politics more.
Moreover, a further distinction might be that these days people like to
talk a lot about their interactions on
social network sites. While on the
other hand, people in the past talked more about their face-to-face
interactions with their friends.
