Language & Grammar

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Make Comparisons Illustration of the CD icon

Study the photographs and listen to the conversation. Listen for a comparison. When people compare things, they tell how they are alike and how they are different.

Picture Prompt: No Place Like Home
Side by side photographs of a suburban home and apartment buildings in a city

Jen: My family has lived in both a big city and a suburb.

Marcus: What were your homes like?

Jen: Well, our home in the suburb was a two-story house. It had a backyard and lots of trees.

Marcus: So you had a lot of space in the suburb.

Jen: Yes. Our home in the city was an apartment. The apartment was smaller than the house. It didn’t have a backyard, but there were many parks nearby.

Marcus: So you had less space in the city, but I bet it was more interesting.