CHAPTER 9. COMPARISONS (27) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 9. COMPARISONS

 

EXERCISE 35. THE SAME, SIMILAR, DIFFERENT, LIKE, and ALIKE. Directions: Use the same (as), similar (to), different (from), like, and alike in the sentences. There may be more than one possible response in some of them. Use whatever response sounds best to you. 1 Jennifer and Jack both come from Rapid City. In other words, they come from _______ the same ______ town. 2 This city is ______ the same as/ similar to/ like ______ my hometown. Both are quiet and conservative. 3 You and I don't agree. Your ideas are ____________________ mine. 4 Eric never wears ____________________ clothes two days in a row. 5 Ants are fascinating. An ant colony is ____________________ a well-disciplined army. 6 In terms of shape, cabbage looks ____________________ lettuce. But cabbage and lettuce don't taste ____________________. 7 A male mosquito is not ____________________ size ____________________ a female mosquito. The female is larger. 8 I'm used to strong coffee. I think the coffee Americans drink tastes ____________________ dishwater! 9 "Meet" and "meat" are homonyms; i.e., they have ____________________ pronunciation. 10 The pronunciation of "caught" is ____________________ the pronunciation of ''cot." 11 "Flower" has ____________________ pronunciation ____________________ ‘flour’. 12 My dictionary is ____________________ yours. 13 Trying to get through school without studying is ____________________ trying to go swimming without getting wet. 14 A crocodile and an alligator are ____________________ in appearance. 15 If it looks ____________________ a duck, quacks ____________________ a duck, and walks ____________________ a duck, it is a duck. (a humorous saying)

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