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Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast

Compare and contrast involves showing
Complete the table with the correct phrases. how two or more people, things, places,

Bacteria and Viruses etc. are the same (compare) or different
(contrast).

Compare Contrast

For fun Bacteria Viruses

• They can both make • Bacteria are. • A virus is a tiny

people sick. single-celled organisms . organism that contains

• Bacteria can grow • Some bacteria are not only certain parts of .

inside the human . harmful to humans . a cell .

body , and viruses are For example, they may • Some viruses can cause

also able to reproduce help the body digest lasting damage to the

in the human body. food. body.

single-celled organisms harmful to humans

inside the human body only certain parts of a cell

Unit 11 | Bacteria and Viruses