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9-2 COMPARISONS: USING LIKE AND ALlKi<br />

You h;-: ; ballpoint pen with blue ink.<br />

I have a ballpoint pen with blue ink.<br />

(a) Your pen is like my pen.<br />

(b) Your pen and my pen are alike.<br />

(c) Our pens are alike.<br />

like . ..... . .I<br />

alike = similar<br />

Like and alike have the same meaning, but the<br />

sentence patterns are different:<br />

This + be + like + that.<br />

This and that + be t dike.<br />

EXERCISE 6: Complete the sentences with like and alike.<br />

1. You and I have similar books. In other words, your book is like<br />

mine. our books are<br />

alike<br />

2. Mr. Chang and I have similar coats. In other words, Mr. Chang's coat is<br />

mine. Our coats are<br />

3. Ken and Sue have similar cars. In other words, their cars are<br />

4. You and I have similar hats. In other words, your hat is mine.<br />

I., ,<br />

5. A town is a city in some ways.<br />

6. A foot and a hand are in some ways, but different in other ways.<br />

7. A dormitory and an apartment building are in many ways.<br />

8. A motorcyle is a bicycle in some ways.<br />

EXERCISE 7-ORAL: Make sentences with like. Compare the things in Column A with the<br />

things in Column B. Discuss how the two things you are comparing are similar.<br />

Example: A pencil is like a pen in some ways. They are both writing instruments.<br />

COLUMN A<br />

an alley<br />

a bus<br />

a bush<br />

a cup<br />

a hill<br />

honey<br />

. , . a monkey's hand<br />

an orange<br />

(/ a pencil<br />

a sea<br />

a sofa<br />

a sports jacket<br />

COLUMN B<br />

a glass<br />

a human hand<br />

a lemon<br />

a chair<br />

a mountain<br />

an ocean<br />

/ a pen<br />

a street<br />

sugar<br />

a suit coat<br />

a taxi<br />

a tree

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