Compare and Contrast

Multiple Choice

What does the word "compare" mean?

• to compare by paying attention to the similarities

• to compare by weighing two objects

• to compare by paying attention to the differences

• to float in a swimming pool without a noodle

Multiple Choice

What does the word "contrast" mean?

• to compare by paying attention to the similarities

• to compare by weighing two objects

• to compare by paying attention to the differences

• to float in a swimming pool without a noodle

Multiple Choice

Identify the key word that tells whether you are comparing or contrasting.

One similarity between dogs and cats is that they both have fur.

• have

• fur

• similarity

• cats

Multiple Choice

Independence Day and Veteran's Day are both U.S. holidays. However, Independence Day celebrates our independence and Veteran's Day celebrates military veterans.

How are these holidays different?

• Both holidays are celebrated in the U.S.

• Independence Day celebrates independence, while Veteran's Day celebrates veterans.

• Both holidays are in the summer.

• Independence Day celebrates veteran's, while Veteran's Day celebrates independence.

Multiple Choice

Ashley is having chocolate ice cream and Juan is having strawberry ice cream. If I am comparing Ashley and Juan, what do they have in common?

• One is eating strawberry ice cream but the other is eating chocolate.

• They are both eating chocolate ice cream.

• They are both named Juan.

• They are both eating ice cream.

Multiple Choice

Horses and donkeys are two very similar animals. But they also have their differences. For example, a horse has short ears but a donkey has long ears. Another difference is that horses are typically larger than donkeys. Yet they are both four legged hoofed mammals.

What is one thing that horses and donkeys have in common?

• They are both mammals.

• They are both the same size.

• They both have short ears.

• Neither of them has hooves.

Multiple Choice

Frogs and toads can live in the water and on the land. They both catch food with long, sticky tongues. They eat insects and small animals. You can tell them apart by their bodies. Frogs have long, strong back legs and thin, moist skin. Toads have shorter back legs and drier skin.

What is something that shows contrast between frogs and toads?

• They both have long tongues.

• They can both live on land or water.

• Frogs like food more than toads.

• Toads have drier skin than frogs.

Multiple Choice

Identify the key word that tells whether you are comparing or contrasting.

Unlike most vehicles, some older Volkswagens have their engine in the back.

• have

• engine

• vehicles

• unlike

Multiple Select

Which of these key words can signal contrast?

• however

• but

• alike

• instead

• both

Multiple Select

Which of these key words can signal comparison?

• although

• likewise

• too

• yet

• also