Ex. 84. Study the ways of expressing similarity and difference when making a comparison.
We want to compare the prices of all the radios before we decide which to buy.
If you compare this one with the others, you’ll see a difference.
Our new flat is very big in comparison with our old flat.
Our new flat is very big compared to/with our old flat.
(= If you compare it ...)
SIMILARITY
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DIFFERENCE
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Like my father I am quite tall.
I am quite tall, like my father.
I am as tall as my father.
I am the same height as my father.
She is/looks/acts/dresses (...) like her sister.
She and her sister are / look / act / dress (...) alike.
She is similar to her mother in character.
She and her mother have a lot in common.
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Unlike my father I wear my hair long.
I am taller than my sister.
I am different from my relatives.
I differ from my mother.
My cousin and I have little/ nothing in common.
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Ex. 85. Use the same (as), similar (to), different (from), (un)like, alike, have …in common in the following sentences. There may be more than one possible variant.
Joan and Jack both come from Cambridge. In other words, they come from ……. town.
This city is ……. my hometown. Both are quiet and conservative.
You and I don’t agree. Your ideas are ……. mine.
Ants are fascinating. An ant colony is ……. a well-disciplined army.
He never wears ……. clothes two days in a row.
In terms of shape, cabbage looks ……. lettuce.
A male mosquito is not ……. size ……. a female mosquito. The female is larger.
I’m used to strong coffee. I think the coffee most North Americans drink
tastes ……. dishwater.
A crocodile and an alligator look ……. . They are ……. in appearance.
Most of my friends are future businessmen. I am not. ……. my friends, I study law.
“Flour” and “flower” have ……. pronunciation, but they have nothing ……. . They have ……. meanings.
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