General English Level 3 GELEV3 Unit 01 Topic 05.doc  LANGUAGE FOCUS 02 Comparing In this activity you will learn how to compare two things. 1. When two things are the same Maria and Philip say: Philip: So, Maria, did you find a good course? Maria: Well, I found two swimming teacher schools on the Internet. They both have good courses. Maria is comparing the two courses. When two things are the same, we can use both to compare them: They both have... Examples 1. Both schools teach the English course I want to study. 2. There are two universities in my city. They are both very good. 2. When two things are different Maria and Philip say: Philip: Did you choose one? Maria: I think so, but it isn't easy. The courses all look good, but they are a bit different. Philip: Really? How are they different? Maria: Well, the Swimschool courses only go for two or three days, but the coaching course takes 80 hours of training, so it's much longer. Philip: Eighty hours! That's a lot more than three days! Maria: Sure is! And then the Swimschool courses are for teaching children, while the coaching course is for teaching all ages. I really want to teach children to swim. Philip: Hmmm. What about the cost? Is Swimschool more expensive? Maria: Yes it is, but it's only $20 more. That's not much! When two things are different we can say: they are a bit different ...much (…) er ...a lot more (...) than …more (…) 35 QUESTLANGUAGE