Comparisons2: Differences 2

 Reflection: When we compare  differences, we don't always use comparative adjective phrases. Can you think of another way to compare differences?

Look at the table below

Activities	Places	Animals	Things
play tennis/golf	Japan/USA	lion/tiger	train/plane
watch TV/movie at cinema	Hachioji/Shinjuku	shark/dolphin	J-pop/enka
eat spaghetti/steak	Mt. Fuji/Mt. Everest	cat/dog	university/j.h.s.

Now look at some sample sentences comparing the pairs in the first row.
Golf is played with a club, but tennis is played with a racket.
Playing tennis in Japan can sometimes be expensive, but playing golf is always expensive.
Japan is an island, but the USA is not..
The USA spends 6% of its budget on the military, but Japan only spends 1%.
Tigers live in Asia, but lions live in Africa.
Lions generally live in wide open plains and grasslands, but tigers usually live in forests or jungle.
Plane crashes usually result in a high loss of life, but train crashes rarely do..
Trains have been around for almost two hundred years, but planes only for a century.
What do all of these sentences have in common?  

Can you think of any other words we could substitute for the word in all of the sentences above? 

A With your partner make a sentence for each of the pairs in the 2nd and 3rd rows of the table above.
B Choose one of the pairs in the table below. Tell your partner and they will make a comparative sentence. Do this 5 times each.

Activities	Places	Animals	Things
eat fish/eat meat	zoo/amusement park	giraffe/zebra	eraser/pencil
have bath/shower	Hokkaido/Okinawa	tuna/sardine	skirt/trousers
read novel/newspaper	school/university	monkey/man	chocolate/candy
library/home study	Disneyland/Universal studios	cow/horse	paper/electronic dictionary
running/ walking	Arctic/Antarctic	snake/worm	kabuki/noh
piano/guitar	Paris/London	fox/wolf	Letter/email
bowling/karaoke	Osaka/Tokyo	panda/koala	tea/coffee

C With your partner make up pairs for the two empty rows.

D Now make a long plan and a short plan for the topic "When you graduate, would you rather work for a big company or a small company?"
E Now change plans with a partner. Read your partners plan. Are they following the format? If not tell them so.
F  In groups of 4 give your speeches to the group
G Now bring up soft recorder and record yourself making the speech.
H Playback the recording and listen to yourself . Are there any changes you would make? If you want to change your plan.
I  Now record yourself again. Save the file (call it sp14)
J Now change seats with a partner and listen to their speech. If you have any advice about speech structure or grammar mistakes or vocabulary mistakes, give it to them.

G Now make a long plan and a short plan for the topic "Some people like to go on vacation alone, others like to go with a friend or in a group. What about you?"
H Now change plans with a partner. Read your partners plan. Are they following the format? If not tell them so.
I  In groups of 4 give your speeches to the group
J Now bring up soft recorder and record yourself making the speech.
K Playback the recording and listen to yourself . Are there any changes you would make? If you want to change your plan.
L Now record yourself again. Save the file (call it sp15)
M Now change seats with a partner and listen to their speech. If you have any advice about speech structure or grammar mistakes or vocabulary mistakes, give it to them.