English · Astronomy and the Solar System

Describing similarities & differences between planets/objects

Use similar to, alike, different from and the same as with a clear axis

  • Experimental sciences important
  • Mathematics important
  • Engineering important
  • Management and economics important

6 minutes

The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.

What the syllabus expects from you

  • Describing similarities and differences between planets/objects (similar to/alike/different from/the same as)

The method

  1. Pair each similarity/difference statement with the explicit comparison axis

The common mistakes

  • A similarity/difference claim with no stated comparison axis

From the lesson

Venus and Earth are almost the same size. But their surfaces could not be more different.

The vocabulary

  • similar to (مشابه لـ)
  • different from (مختلف عن)

What is not on the syllabus

  • Contrast connectors (previous concept)

Builds on