Names of animals/ Comparing and contrasting/ FCE Speaking Part Two
Objective First Unit 4
Spread the cards across the table or look at a copy of the worksheet. Choose two cards and make three comparisons between those two creatures. If your partner agrees with what you say and you have used different phrases from what people have said before, you can keep those cards and get one point. Suggested comparisons:
- Summary of how similar or different they are overall
- The most important, biggest or most obvious similarity or difference
- Another similarity or difference
| Suggested comparing phrases
Summary of how similar or different they are overall Overall,… In general,… …have a lot/ quite a lot/ very little/ almost nothing/ nothing in common. They are completely/ almost completely/ very/ fairly + similar/ different. The most important, biggest etc similarity or difference The biggest/ The most important/ The most striking/ The most obvious/ The only + similarity/ difference/ shared feature/ thing that they have in common is… Another similarity or difference A big/ An important/ A striking/ An obvious/ Another + similarity/ difference/ thing that they have in common + is… … but…/ In contrast,…/ … whereas… |
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Animals to compare
| albatross
|
alligator | bat | bee |
| beetle
|
bird | bug | butterfly |
| calf
|
caterpillar | cockroach | crab |
| crocodile
|
crow | cub | deer |
| dog
|
donkey | dove | duck |
| eel
|
flea | frog | goat |
| goldfish
|
goose | hippo | hornet |
| horse
|
insect | killer whale | kitten |
| koi
|
ladybird | ladybug | lamb |
| lizard
|
lobster | mosquito | moth |
| mussel
|
octopus | orca | oyster |
| pig
|
pigeon | prawn | puppy |
| reindeer
|
rhino | seagull | shark |
| sheep
|
shrimp | slug | snail |
| snake
|
sparrow | squid | swan |
| tadpole
|
wasp | whale | wild boar |
| wolf
|
(earth)worm | wild cat | street cat |
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Comparing/ contrasting phrases presentation
Without looking above, brainstorm phrases into these three categories from above
Summary of how similar or different they are overall
The most important, biggest etc similarity or difference
Another similarity or difference
Compare your phrases with those above, then brainstorm more.
Check your ideas for extra phrases as a class.
Ask about any animal words which you don’t (fully) understand, working together as a class to brainstorming similarities and differences with other animals.
Work together to describe the differences between the words on one line. Sometimes the difference is only very small.
- albatross/ seagull
- alligator/ crocodile
- bat/ bird
- bee/ wasp/ hornet
- bug/ insect
- butterfly/ moth/ caterpillar
- calf/ cub/ lamb/ kitten/ puppy
- cockroach/ beetle
- crab/ lobster
- crow/ sparrow
- deer/ reindeer
- dog/ wolf
- donkey/ horse
- dove/ pigeon
- duck/ goose/ swan
- eel/ (earth)worm
- flea/ mosquito
- frog/ tadpole
- goat/ sheep
- goldfish/ koi
- hippo/ rhino
- killer whale/ orca
- ladybird/ ladybug
- lizard/ snake
- mussel/ oyster
- octopus/ squid
- pig/ wild boar
- prawn/ shrimp
- shark/ whale
- snail/ slug
- street cat/ wild cat
Use similar language to compare two photos, e.g. two nature photos or two FCE Speaking Part Two photos.
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