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GRAMMAR 1 2 Compare the animals. Work with a partner. Choose one word from each

group. Make sentences.
Comparisons with as . . . as TR: 2.4

That katydid is as green as the leaf it sits on.
That butterfly is not as pretty as the blue one.
Poison dart frogs are as dangerous as some snakes.

a hippo a monkey
1 Read and write. Work with a partner. Take turns. Compare. an otter

1. some insects / thin / sticks

a horse
a deer a crocodile

2. a polar bear / white / snow
fast heavy slow loud small smooth

3. king snakes / not dangerous / coral snakes
a jaguar an elephant a seal

4. a bee sting / bad / a wasp sting a donkey
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a penguin an alligator

5. a lion / not loud / a howler monkey

3 Make sentences. Work in a group. Take turns. Use the last word in each

a bee sentence to start the next sentence.

The hippo is as
big as the car. The car is as green The frog is as funny
as the frog. as you are. Ha ha!

a wasp

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