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Literacy Progress Unit

Aiming for Level 4

Sentences


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Session 13 Comparing and contrasting connectives

Objectives:

• To understand the purpose of comparing and contrasting sentences.

• To investigate the range of connectives used in comparing and contrasting sentences.


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Sarah is bigger than her brother.

Compare and contrast


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Comparing and contrasting

When on holiday recently in the Gambia, a small country in West Africa, I visited the capital, Georgetown. I expected a large modern city like London; in contrast, it was more like a country village. London has over 12 million inhabitants, whereas Georgetown has only 25,000. The city had only dust roads. The centre was, however, more exciting, with people, animals, bikes and carts everywhere. Unlike London, there are no big shops. The market sells absolutely everything. It is very colourful with hundreds of small stalls. It is certainly much cheaper than London.


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in contrast

whereas

however

unlike

than

Comparing and contrasting connectives


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I also visited a school. The classrooms

had far less equipment than at home.

Like our school, the corridors were

noisy. In contrast to British schools they

work very long hours, from 6am to

8pm. Despite this, the pupils are keen

to attend.



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I also visited a school. The classrooms

had far less equipment than at home.

Like our school, the corridors were

noisy. In contrast to British schools they

work very long hours, from 6am to

8pm. Despite this, the pupils are keen

to attend.



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Compare and contrast


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although

howeverwhereasthoughthansimilarlyIn contrast

Connective tennis


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What sort of words need to go with ‘than’ in a comparative sentence?

Which position do these words occupy in the sentence?

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