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COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
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COMPARISON AND CONTRAST In most academic subjects it is often
nedded to compare and contrast things The language of comparison and
contrast is frequently needed when studying tables and other statistical information
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COMPARISON- FORMATION The regular comparative and superlative
forms of adjectives and adverbs 1. the endings -er and –est to words with
one syllable2. by placing the words more and the
most in front of words with more syllables
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IRREGULAR COMPARISON A small group of very frequent
adjectives:good-better-best, bad-worse-worst, far-further-furthest, many-more-most A small group of adverbs:badly-worse,worst, little-less-least, much-more-most
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LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTIONS1. Showing equivalence (i.e. the same):as…as, the same…as, as many…as, as much…as2. Showing non-equivalencenot as/so…as, than, more…than, not as many…as, not as much…as3. Showing one item compared with a number (i.e. the superlative)4. Showing parallel increaseThe more, the merrier
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COMPARISON Look at Table 3 (p. 52) Write at least three sentences
comparing the mountains mentioned
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EXTENDED COMPARISON Read the text on p. 52 Complete the sentences below the text
by choosing from the list of words and phrases
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ANSWER KEY More...than Greater...than As many...as Most The same ...as Least Not as many...as As much ... As More... Than biggest
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EXERCISE 2 Compare the dictionaries and
recommend one on the basis of Table 4 (p. 53)
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LECTURES The comparison of two ideas, theories or
groups is a common feature of many lectures. When you listen to a lecture that includes comparison, it can be helpful to organize your notes related to each item in diagram form, for example, a Venn diagram. This can help to clarify the similarities or differences between the two items.
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TAKING NOTES Watch Extract 4 of the lecture and make
notes on the two types of products, ‘revolutionary’ and ‘me-too’ products, under headings 1-4.
1. Communicating benefits to consumers
2. Taking risks 3. Pricing 4. Being successful/Gaining market
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Compare your notes with another student. Check whether you identified the same points.
Organize your notes on the two types of product using a Venn diagram.
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COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the adjective in brackets. 1. Innovation is _____ (risky) creating a me-
too product. Prices for me-too products are not _____
(high) for revolutionary products. People are often __________ (confident) about
buying a new product than buying an established product.
Revolutionary products are _________ (expensive) for many consumers to buy.
Early adopters are usually _______ (rich) to take risks with money.
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GENERALISATION Making general comments or
generalising about the information Generalisations can be made more
precise by qualifying them When we make a qualification, we may
be giving our own opinion or interpreting the information
If we are giving our opinion or are interpreting the informaton, caution is needed
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EXERCISE Read A Survey of Unemployment (p. 64-
65); underline generalisations in the second paragraph
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GENERALISATIONS All those registered as unemployed
instead of one million The majority of men instead of 60 % of
men A likelihood of being unemployed
instead of a one in eight chance A little unemployment instead of one in
twenty were unemployed
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EXERCISE Identify the qualifications of quantity,
frequency and probability in the text
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ANSWER KEY Quantity: all, minority, majority, a little,
most, a number Frequency: usually, seldom, generally Probability: likelihood, undoubtedly,
likely, definitely
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CAUTION Impersonal verb phrases: it appears
that, it seems that, it tends to be, it is said that, some writers say that, it has been suggested that, it is now generally recognised that
Useful nouns: assumption, claim, estimate, possibility, presumption, chance, likelihood
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