2. COMPARING - Bahasa Inggris Untuk Fisika UNNES Nurul Faela Shufa

1. COMPARING
The Elements

2. DEFINITION
 The word comparing comes from the word compare
– examine things to see how they are alike and how
they are different
 Comparing is examining two or more items to
discover their similarities and differences.

3. USING ENGLISH TO COMPARE
 Comparing may but does not always
concentrate on similarities. Contrasting
concentrates on differences

4. 1. COMPARING SIMILARITIES
Things is Things
Like
Similar to
Comparable to
As important as
Example :
1. Longitudinal similar to transverse wave.
2. The atomic radius of cadmium is not as high as that of mercury.

5. Example :
Longitudinal resembles transverse wave in many
ways.
things things is many waysResembles
parallels
Resembles
paralles

6. 2. CONTRASTING DIFFERENCES
things things
Is unlike
Is different from
Differs from
Example :
Longitudinal is different from tranverse wave
based on the direction of the wave.

7. LIKE AND AS
 Comparisons frequently use the words like and as. Like used before
a noun of pronoun :
{ Subject + verb + like + pronoun }
Example :
1. My friend think like a scientist
2. Sodium, like potassium, is an alkali metal.

8.  But if the noun or pronoun is followed immediately by a verb,
the word as is used :
Noun / pronoun + verb + as + subject
Example :
Don’t do as I do, do as I say.

9.  As is also used before and after an adjektive, like two slices of
bread sandwiching in adjektive :
Example :
1. Helium is almost as light as hydrogen.
2. Modern computers are not as large as the first computers.