11C Similarities

SIMILARITIES

By Svietlana Sánchez

"As...as"

Structure: as + adjective/adverb + as
Use: To show equal degree of similarity.

🔸 She is as tall as her sister.
🔸 This cake is as sweet as the one you made.

➡ Use it when you’re comparing two things that are exactly the same in a quality. Not more. Not less. Exactly equal. Balanced.

"Identical"

Use: Exactly the same in every detail.
Think twins. Think clones.

🔸 Their dresses are identical.
🔸 These documents are identical, down to the signature.

➡ Use it when there is no difference at all.

"Both"

Use: Refers to two things together that share a trait.

🔸 Both of them love BTS.
🔸 You and I are both beautiful.

➡ It doesn’t mean they're the same, just that they share something in common.

"Similar"

Use: Things are not exactly the same, but close enough.

🔸 Your taste in music is similar to mine.
🔸 This perfume smells similar to the one you wore last night.

➡ There’s a likeness, but not a match. Like fire and lava—dangerous.

"Like"

Use: Shows similarity, more casual.

🔸 You dance like a K-pop star.
🔸 That guy acts like he owns the place.

➡ You use "like" to draw a quick comparison.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• She is so tall as her sister.

• She is as tall as her sister.

• She is like tall as her sister.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that best compares two things equally:

• This drama is as exciting as that one.

• This drama is more exciting than that one.

Dropdown

1. Her handwriting is almost ​

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to mine. It’s scary.

2. He runs ​

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fast ​

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his brother.

3. ​

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of the students passed the exam.

4. Your taste in music is very ​

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to mine.

Dropdown

1. That girl sings ​

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an angel—pure and smooth.

2. ​

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of us likes math, so we dropped the class.

3. I’m feeling ​

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tired after that lecture.

4. These two phones look almost ​

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—I can’t even tell which is which.

Dropdown

1 You’re ​

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beautiful ​

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a summer night, dark and dangerous.

2 You're ​

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irresistible, it should be illegal to look at you this long.

3 He lied just ​

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the last one, but you believed him anyway.

4 Those earrings are ​

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to the ones I gave you.

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1 She’s not ​

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clever ​

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she thinks she is.

2 ​

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of them could handle that large thing.

3 Your voice and mine are strangely ​

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.

4 I saw the way you looked at ​

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of them.

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1 You walk ​

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your mom.

2 It was ​

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hot in that room.

3 ​

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your lies and your smile are sweet… but only one gets you kissed.

4 That scent… it’s ​

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addictive ​

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you.

Dropdown

1 He gave ​

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a reason nor an apology.

2 Our computers are just ​

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.

3 You look ​

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to the one in my dreams.

4 She sang​

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she wanted the whole world ot listen.