Listen to your teacher and decide if each phrase is the same or different.
Label the lines below with S for the same or D for different. If there are more than two on one line, they are all the same or all different.
by far the biggest/ the biggest by far
the biggest by a substantial margin/ the biggest by a fair way
practically the same/ basically the same
nearly the same/ almost identical
very similar/ the same
very similar/ almost the same/ slightly different
exactly the same/ identical
very different/ totally different
much bigger/ far bigger/ a lot bigger
the biggest by far/ by far the biggest
considerably bigger/ substantially bigger
50% bigger/ one and half times the size
not as big/ smaller
not nearly as big/ much smaller
nearly as big as/ around the same size as
the only difference/ the sole difference
the most obvious difference/ the most apparent difference
a great difference/ a large difference/ a big difference
a significant difference/ a substantial difference
the only significant difference/ the only difference
virtually identical/ very nearly the same
no significant difference/ basically the same
compared with these two locations/ comparing these two locations
in contrast/ on the contrary
in contrast/ on the other hand
on the other hand/ nevertheless
nonetheless/ nevertheless/ even though (all) that is true
However,…/ …, but…
despite…/ in spite of…
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Cards for students to hold up
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