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Comparison - Contrast Worksheet

This document provides a worksheet for comparing and contrasting ideas using signal words such as "similarly", "both...and", "the same...as", "whereas", and "however". The worksheet contains exercises to combine ideas into single sentences using these signal words. It also has exercises for students to come up with their own comparisons using the signal words. The goal of the worksheet is to practice using comparison and contrast language.

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Comparison - Contrast Worksheet

This document provides a worksheet for comparing and contrasting ideas using signal words such as "similarly", "both...and", "the same...as", "whereas", and "however". The worksheet contains exercises to combine ideas into single sentences using these signal words. It also has exercises for students to come up with their own comparisons using the signal words. The goal of the worksheet is to practice using comparison and contrast language.

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Karima Boukhelkhal
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Comparison - Contrast Worksheet

1. Combine the two ideas into one sentence using the comparison signal word in the box.

similarly just as both….and

equally like and….(too)

1. Newspapers and magazines need advertising to pay their costs. Radio and television
advertising to pay their costs.

2. The media reach millions of people around the world. The Internet reaches people
everywhere.

3. Most people read a daily newspaper. Most people listen to the radio or watch TV every
day.

4. Printed pictures are powerful advertising media. Video is power advertising media.

B. Combine the ideas by choosing one of the signal words in the box.

the same ...as similar to

both...and nor only….but also

1. The Spanish language/the Italian language.

2. Knowing a second language/useful/travel/employment

3. The amount of snowfall in Yamagata/the amount of snowfall in Akita

4. Private/public universities/good education


Comparison - Contrast Worksheet

C. Combine the ideas by choosing one of the signal words in the box.
whereas however unlike

but Although/even though

1. I have brown eyes/my brother’s eyes are green

2. My grandfather is the smartest person I know/My grandfather never finished high school.

3. A university has a graduate school. A college does not.

4. Medical care is free in Canada. People must pay for medical care in the US.

D. Complete the sentence with your own idea using one of the signal words in the box.

yet although whereas

different from however in contrast

1. In Japan, people drive on the left side of the road, ____________________


___________________________________________________________.

2. Texting is a popular way to communicate for young people ___________


___________________________________________________________.

3. The method of cooking rice in China ___________________________


__________________________________________________________.

4. I woke up early _______________________________________________.

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