What is the purpose of those bold words?

• More plastic bags as well as used batteries were collected in 1998 than in 1995.

• In addition, there was a difference of 289 kilos of empty canisters collected-200 kilos in 1995 and 589 kilos in 1998.

• However, the number of plastic bags gathered was nearly the same.

Answer the following Questions• In what year is the number of Oxygen

bottles / used batteries higher than the other?

• Is 100 the number of empty fuel canisters used in 1998? Is it higher than the other in 1998?

• How about the number of plastic bags in both two periods?

SHERPAS cleaned up….

1995 1998

Used batteries

plastic bags

Empty fuel canisters

Oxygen bottles

Comparison and contrast

Comparison: used to point out the similarities

Connectors:

Comparison: used to point out the similarities

Connectors:

Structure used for contrasting

• More…than

• Fewer…than

• Less..than

• …

NearlyAlmostAbout…..

Modifiers

The special abbreviation

%: percent : point

Ex: 12.5

Country Total Forest Cover

1990 2005 1900 - 2005

Cambodia 12.9 10.4 2.5(19.3%)

Indonesia 116.5 88.5 28(24%)

Laos 17.3 16.1 1.2(6.7%)

1. Table 1: Deforestation in Southest Asia between 1900 - 2005

According to table 1…

1. Which country has the highest / lowest of total forest cover ( in hectares)?

2. Are those percentage the same in 2005 and the period between 1990 – 2005?

Year Fires Acres

2000 122,820 8,422,230

1990 122,763 5,452,870

1980 234,892 5,260,825

Table 2- total Fires and Acres Burned in the USA (1980 – 2000)

According to table 2…

In what year is the total Fires highest / lowest?

In what year is the Acres Burned highest / lowest?

What do you think about the number in both two columns ?

Likewise Similarity Both…and Neither…nor Like Also Be a like Be the same as

Comparison’s connectors

Nevertheless Unlike Nonetheless But However Different from Be unlike

Contrast’s connectors