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Compare-Contrast/Affirm-Negate

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Newspapers and magazines need advertising to pay their costs just as radio and televisions. What expression is used to signal similarity?

a)

newspapers

b)

advertising

c)

to pay

d)

just as

2.

I have brown eyes while my brother's eyes are green. What signals difference?

a)

brown

b)

while

c)

eyes

d)

have

3.

My father is the smartest person I know even though he didn't finish college. The signal used describes ________.

a)

similarity

b)

comparison

c)

contrast

d)

affirmation

4.

Medical care is free in Australia unlike in the Philippines where people spend a lot when they get sick. What word signals contrast?

a)

Australia

b)

get sick

c)

spend a lot

d)

unlike

5.

Printed pictures are powerful advertising media as well as video. This sentence show _____________.

a)

differences of two concepts

b)

contrast of ideas

c)

similarities of ideas

d)

disagreement

6.

He can speak not only Italian language but also Spanish language. What expressions are used to signal the same ideas?

a)

he can speak

b)

not only-but also

c)

Spanish language

d)

Italian language

7.

Both public and private universities are potential to offer quality education. What expression signals that this sentence gives comparison?

a)

private

b)

public

c)

both

d)

potential

8.

Complete the sentence: In Japan, people drive on the left side of the road; _________________, Filipinos drive on the right side.

a)

similarly

b)

in the same manner

c)

in contrast

d)

also

9.

Complete the sentence: Given the circumstances, we _____________ have to expand orders to bolster our sales

a)

not

b)

truly

c)

surprisingly

d)

apparently

10.

Complete the sentence: Her research has _____________ provided future generations with enough insight to continue her work.

a)

by all means

b)

not

c)

verily

d)

indeed

11.

Complete the sentence: We have been playing poker for years, and I have __________ cheated.

a)

indeed

b)

by all means

c)

undoubtedly

d)

never

12.

Complete the sentence. She's the darling of the crowd. She'll __________________ win.

a)

surely

b)

never

c)

maybe

d)

truly

13.

This innovation is effective. It will _____________ change the world

a)

obviously

b)

definitely

c)

apparently

d)

indirectly

14.

Complete the sentence. There's no chance for him to win tonight especially ____ since he lost the starting game.

a)

yes

b)

not

c)

positive

d)

don't

15.

Complete the sentence: I ______ see any way this project will be profitable because it is still pandemic.

a)

won't

b)

don't

c)

might

d)

should