Comparisons 2: Differences 2

 Using comparative adjectives is not the only way to compare things

  1. 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.
 
2. 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?  

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Can you think of any other words we could substitute for the word in all of the sentences above?  
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Task 1
Now you try to make up some sentences comparing the pairs in the second and third rows of the table above.

Task 2
For extra practice use these structures to compare the pairs in the table below.

Activities
 Places
 Animals
 Things
Eat fish/eat meat  City/country Giraffe/zebra Eraser/pencil
Feeding baby/dog Hokkaido/Okinawa Sheep/goat Skirt/trousers
Going to sea/ mountains Tokyo/Manhattan Rabbit/mouse Chocolate/candy
Basketball/soccer Disneyland/Universal studios Cow/horse Paper/electronic dictionary
Running/ walking
 Arctic/Antarctic   Snake/worm Spoon/fork
Studying/working
 Paris/London Bat/eagle Letter/email
Bowling/karaoke
 Osaka/Tokyo Panda/koala Tea/coffee
novel/newspaper
 Library/home study Fox/wolf Sports car/family car
Piano/guitar
  Korea/USA  Tuna/sardine War/peace
Singing/dancing
 Zoo/amusement park Hamster/cat Kabuki/Noh
Have bath/shower
 Himeji jo/Osaka jo Pigeon/hawk Sokadai/Todai
Reading/listening
 Apartment/house Monkey/man English/Latin

Task 3
Find a partner. Pick one of the pairs above. Your partner must compare them. Change and compare the pair your partner chooses.
Do this 10 times each.

 Task 4
Change partners and do this again. This time make two comparisons for the pair your partner selects.

Task 5
Record yourself using Soft Recorder. Speak for 45 seconds on the topic
Which job is more attractive to you, policeman or doctor? Why?

Task 6
Record yourself using Soft Recorder. Speak for 45 seconds on the topic
Do you think it is better to study alone or study with friends? Why?
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Now you can move on to the next unit