- No animals can travel (fast) birds. Birds are (fast)
animals all. - Most birds have small eyes, but not ostriches. Indeed, the eye of an osmch is (large)
its brain. - (great) variety of buds a single area can be
found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia and India. - It's easy to drown a houseplant. (houseplants) die
from too much water not enough water.
(a) John and Mary have the same books.
@) John and Mary have simikar books.
(c) John and Mary have d-nt books.
(d) Their boob are the same.
(e) Their books are similar.
(f) Their books are dwmnt.
(g) This book is the same as that one.
(h) This book is m'milar to that one.
(i) This book is ~t~ that one.
- She is the same age as my mother.
My shoes are the wme sise as yours.
(k) My pen is like your pen.
- My pen and your pen are dike.
(m) She looks like her sister.
It looks like rain.
It sounds tike thunder.
This material feels lib silk.
That anolls Eke gas.
This chemical t~tes like salt.
Stop acting like a fool.
He seems like a nice fellow.
(n) The twins look alike.
We think alike.
Most four-year-olds act 8.
My sister and I tdk alike.
The linle boys are dressed ahke.
The same, similar, and dgmt are used as
adjectives.
Notice: the always precedes same.Notice: the same is followed by as;
similar is followed by to;
diffmnt is followed bym.*
A noun may come between the same and as, as
in 0).
Notice in (k) end 0):
noun + be like + noun
noun and noun + be alike
In addition to following be, like also follows certain
verbs, primarily those dealing with the senses.
Notice the examples in (m).Alike may follow a few verbs other than be.
Notice the examples in (n).
:*In informal spech, native spenlicrs might use thm instead of- after -t. F- is considered correct in formal
English, dens the comparison is completed by a clause: I haw @ difirent &ru& new than I used w h.