DISTINGUISH

INFORMATION WHETHER
THEY ARE SIMILARITIES
OR DIFFERENCES
 Mangoes and bananas are two common fruits.
They both grow in the Philippines. These fruits are
eaten by Filipinos all over the country. Banana trees
are not that tall, but mango trees are. In fact, a
mango tree can grow to over a hundred feet!
Mangoes and bananas have different textures and
tastes. Mangoes may taste sweet or sour while
bananas taste sweet when ripe.
1.What is the text all about?
2.How can you describe banana?
3. Describe a mango fruit.
4. What do they have in common?
5. If I buy 27 bananas which cost
Php120.00. I have Php 500.00 cash on
hand. How much is my change?
• To compare is to show how two
things are alike. When authors
compare, they often use signal words
such as like, same, both, also, too, in
the same way, or similarly.
• Example: Birds and insects both fly
around our backyard.
• To contrast is to show how two things are different.
When authors contrast, they often use signal words
such as unlike, different, only, but, while, on the other
hand, or, however.
• Example: A bird has two legs, but an insect has six.
• Sometimes a single sentence can compare and
contrast two or more things.
• Example: Birds and insects are both animals, but
only birds are vertebrates.

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Tell whether each sentence is comparing two things, contrasting
two things, or both. Write the word compare, contrast, or both
on your answer sheet.
1.Mangoes and bananas both grow in the Philippines.
2.Banana trees are not tall but mango trees grow to over a
hundred feet.
3.Mangoes may taste sweet while bananas taste sweet when
ripe.
4.Mangoes and bananas have fruits.
5.Mangoes and bananas are both eaten in the Philippines.
Tell whether each sentence is comparing two things, contrasting two things, or
both. Write the word compare, contrast, or both on your answer sheet.

1. ___________________Vanilla and chocolate ice cream are both delicious, but

the strawberry ice cream tastes funny.
2. ___________________ Unlike Abby, Kendra completes her homework every
night.
3. ___________________ Frogs, toads, and salamanders are all amphibians, but
only frogs and toads hop.
4. ___________________ Mindy and Olive both bought new cell phones.
5. ____________________Maya's bicycle is pink, but William's is red.