DIFFERENCE AND LIKENESS
- There is a lot of difference between us
(you and me, Tom and Sally)
| - There is a lot of likeness between us.
(similarity)
| 2. She is different. (She isn’t like me)
| 2. She is like me. She isn’t different
| 3. She differs from me.
| 3. She doesn’t differ from me.
| 4. We are different.
| 4. We are / alike We aren’t different.
/ similar
| 5. We differ (from each other).
| 5. We don’t differ (from each other).
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| 6. You
They
We
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have different
| opinions
habits
manners
ambitions
outlooks
passions
tastes
lifestyles
| 6. You
They
We
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have
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similar
the same
| opinions
habits
manners
ambitions
outlooks
passions
tastes
lifestyles
| 7. Our
Their
| opinions
habits
manners
ambitions
outlooks
passions
tastes
lifestyle
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are different
| 7. Our
Their
| opinions
habits
manners
ambitions
outlooks
passions
tastes
lifestyles
|
are
| the same
similar
alike
| 8. Our
Their
| opinions
habits
manners
ambitions
outlooks
passions
tastes
lifestyle
|
differ
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quite a lot
quite a bit
a lot
a little
greatly
| 8. Our
Their
| opinions
habits
manners
ambitions
outlooks
passions
tastes
lifestyle
| don’t differ
| a lot
a bit
much
at all
| 9. We are different in
| opinions, habits
manners,ambitions
outlooks, passions
tastes, lifestyle
| 9. We are alike in
| opinions, habits
manners, ambitions
outlooks, passions
tastes, lifestyle
| 10. We differ in
| opinions, habits
manners,ambitions
outlooks, passions
tastes, lifestyle
| 10. We don’t differ in
| opinions, habits
manners, ambitions
outlooks, passions
tastes, lifestyle
| Unlike Bill, Stuart is quite determined.
| Like Tom, Nick is very persistent.
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Practice giving transformations of each sentence in all the parts of the table.
- Give the interrogative forms of the sentences.
- Give the negative forms (if possible)
- Give the opposite of the sentences (without looking into the table)
Exercises on the use of “ Difference and Likeness”-patterns.
I. Paraphrase.
1. Sam is different from his brother.
- I differ from my sister.
- Are the two friends different?
- Bill’s lifestyle is very much like his father’s lifestyle.
- My plan doesn’t differ from yours.
- Does your opinion differ?
- Are your tastes different?
- Their characters are alike
- Our lifestyles differ a lot.
- Their manners are not different.
- Do your habits differ?
- We are similar in tastes.
- Simon differs from his friend, doesn’t he?
- Is your project different from Mike’s?
II. Form the negative.
1. My plan differs from Nick’s.
2. Sam and his brother differ a lot.
3. The two projects are very similar.
4. Mary and Kate’s lifestyles differ a lot.
5. My sister and I differ in tastes.
6. My friends’ interests are very different.
7. Mike and his friend are similar in ambitions.
8. James’s project differs from Pete’s.
9. My habits are different from Kate’s.
III. Give the interrogative form.
1. Pete and Mike are different.
2. Your opinion differs from mine.
3. These two models are very much alike.
4. Linda and Susan have different lifestyles.
5. Tom and his brother differ in habits.
6. Our lifestyles are very different.
7. These two projects differ a lot.
8. Los Angeles and Washington are very different.
9. This plan differs from Mr. Clark’s quite a lot.
10. Mark’s manners are similar to his brother’s.
11. Mark’s manners are different from his friend’s.
12. The climate of Britain differs from the climate of Spain.
13. Ben’s lifestyle differs from the lifestyles of his colleagues.
IV. Express the opposite idea
1. Sam is like his elder brother
2. Ann differs from Susan in manners.
3. What are Pete and his brother different in?
4. Kate’s plan is different from June’s.
5. My idea is similar to yours.
6. We are different in lifestyles.
7. Our opinions are different.
8. His tastes differ from his brother’s.
9. Ben and his brother are alike in manners.
10. Andrew is similar to his father in character.
11. My brother’s habits are different from mine.
12. What are they similar in?
13. Is your plan similar to Nick’s?
14. These two projects are alike.
V. Express the same idea differently.
1. What do John and his assistant differ in?
2. Are Sally and her sister similar in manners?
3. The two cars differ in power.
4. This model is very much like the old one.
5. Our opinions are very much alike.
6. What are the projects different in?
7. Are Bob and his friend similar in habits?
8. Robert doesn’t differ from his father very much.
9. Is your opinion different from mine?
Date: 2015-02-28; view: 921
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