Unit

HOBBIES

Grammar: Comparisons: like, different from, (not) as … as

LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

Unit

MUSIC AND ARTS

4

Bui Thi Chin

Tien Lu secondary school
WARM-UP

ADJECTIVES

Brainstorming
PRESENTATION

COMPARISONS

 The yellow pencil is not as long as the orange one.

 The pen is as long as the orange pencil.

 The pen is different from the yellow pencil.
PRESENTATION

COMPARISONS

 Robert's pencil case is like Mary's pencil case.
PRESENTATION

COMPARISONS

(not) as + adj + as

(to) be different from

(to) be like
Write like, as, or different in the gaps.

1

PRACTICE

*This camera is not as expensive ________ I thought at first. *Her room is lovely. It is ________ a princess's room. *You like folk songs; I like pop music. Your taste is __________ from mine. *My dad is not always as busy ________ my mum. *Some of us think that _Spiderman 2 _is not too __________ from _Spiderman 1_
as

as

like

different

different
Finish the second sentence in each pair, using _like, as … as_, or _different from_.

2

PRACTICE

1. Rock is very exciting. It is not like country music.

*Rock is very ________________ country music.

2. Composer Hoang Long wrote many good songs for children. Composer Pham Tuyen also wrote many good songs for children.  Composer Hoang Long, ___________ Pham Tuyen, wrote many good songs for children.

3. The Vatican Museum has excellent works of art. The Louvre Museum has excellent works of art too.

 The Vatican Museum 's works of arts are __________ excellent _________ the Louvre Museum's works of art.
different from

like

as

as
Finish the second sentence in each pair, using _like, as … as_, or _different from_.

2

PRACTICE

4. A vacation on the beach is relaxing, while a vacation in a big city may not be.

 A vacation on the beach is ______________ a vacation in a big city

5. City life is busy, but country life is peaceful.

 City life is not ____________ peaceful ___________ country life.
as

as

different from
Compare the two museums: History and Science, using _like, as … as_, or _different from_.

3

PRACTICE
History

Science
1. modern

**

***
2. friendly

***

***
3. safe

***

**
4. expensive

**

**
1. History is not as modern as Science.

2. History is as friendly as Science.

3. Science is not as safe as History.

4. Science is as expensive as History.
Rewrite the sentences, using the words given at the beginning.

4

PRACTICE

1. I think action films are more interesting than comedies.

*I think comedies are not ________________________________.

2. Our maths homework is more difficult than out history homework.  Our history homework is not ______________________________.

3. This year's music contest is different from last year's.

 This year's music contest is not ______________________________.

4. The characters in the film are not the same as the ones in the play. *The characters in the film are ________________________________.

5. This picture is brighter than that picture.

 That picture is not ________________________________.
as interesting as action films

as difficult as our maths homework

like last year's

different from the ones in the play

as bright as this one
Look at the two pictures and compare them, using _like, as … as_, or _different from_.

5

PRODUCTION

- Picture A is not like / different from picture B.

- Picture A is not as big as picture B.

- The flower in picture B is not as big as picture A.

- The fish in picture A is not as big as the fish in picture B.

- The cat's shirt in picture A is different from the cat's shirt in picture B.

- The house in picture A is like one's in picture B.

A

B
WRAP-UP

1

CONSOLIDATION

Grammar: Comparisons: like, different from, (not) as … as

HOMEWORK

2

CONSOLIDATION

*Do exercises in the workbook.