• 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

  • 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

  • 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Explore Changes Over Time

Make Comparisons

Lots of things change over time, like our hair styles and clothing fashions. Look at the photos. How are the teens from the past and present alike? How are they different?

With a partner, use an Idea Web to list some ways you might compare the teens.

Female athletes in the past

Female athletes in the past

Female athletes today

Female athletes today

Idea Web

Idea Web

Now take turns telling each other how you would compare the teens.

How to Make Comparisons

  • 1. Tell how things are alike. Use words like and, also, too, alike, or same.

  • 2. Tell how things are different. Use words like but and different.

  • 3. Use comparison words like longer, more, and less.

    In the past, girls played basketball in long dresses. Today, girls wear shorts.

    The long dresses of the past were more formal. Shorts are more casual.

Use Present and Past Tense Verbs

When you make comparisons, you might tell about how styles and customs are right now. If so, use a present tense verb. Or you may tell about customs and styles from the past. If so, use a past tense verb.

In the Present:Athletes dress more comfortably today than they did in the past.
In the Past:Female athletes dressed in long skirts in the past.