For the pairs of sentences, decide whether they show comparison or contrast. Then, combine the two using an appropriate transition.

Question

• We had to buy expensive camera equipment for the photography class.
We needed only a calculator for the accounting class.

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

• Rick spends his entire vacation at the beach.
Mike goes to the beach on weekends and each day after work.

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

• Young girls swooned when they listened to songs by Elvis Presley in the fifties.
Teenage girls fainted when Michael Jackson performed in the nineties.

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

• The entertainment section of the Web site gives a brief summary of current movies.
Movie critics on television discuss the actors, the plot, and the director in detail.

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

Answers will vary.
• We had to buy expensive camera equipment for the photography class; however, we needed only a calculator for the accounting class.
• Rick spends his entire vacation at the beach; similarly, Mike goes to the beach on weekends and each day after work.
• Young girls swooned when they listened to songs by Elvis Presley in the ’50s, and teenage girls fainted when Michael Jackson performed in the ’90s.
• The entertainment section of the newspaper gives a brief summary of current movies; on the other hand, movie critics on television discuss the actors, the plot, and the director in detail.