Some useful phrases for FCE part 2: Compare and contrast 2

pictures
Both and/ and both
, whereas
, but
. In contrast,
Unlike,.
, and so is/ does
, and is/ does too.
, and is/ does as well.
A/ One difference/ similarity (which stands out) is
One thing that and have in common is
One of the (few) similarities/ differences between and is
Another/ An additional difference/ similarity (which is instantly
apparent) is
The most obvious/ important/ apparent similarity/ difference (for me)
between and is
A striking similarity/ difference is
and are (quite/ very/ really/ really quite) similar/ different, for
example
and. are (quite/ very/ really/ really quite) similar/ different in terms
of
is different/ similar, in that
, as is/ does.
and have a lot in common, for example
and dont have much in common, but
There are more similarities than differences between and For
instance,
The main similarity/ difference between and is
The only difference/ similarity between that I can see is
In comparison to,
Compared to,
A/ One contrast between and is that
is (slightly/ a bit/ somewhat/ quite a lot/ a great deal/ substantially/ a
lot/ much/ far/ much much/ far far) er/ more than
is not (nearly/ quite) as as

. In a similar way,
Contrasting and,
The most apparent difference/ similarity between and is
and that is (more or less) the same for
and share
A more subtle difference is
differs from in that
. Likewise,
Neither nor
One resemblance between and is that

As seen in one of the example phrases above, another kind of language that
candidates are likely to need is the language of speculation. For example,
This man is happier than this woman is simply wrong, because it is
impossible to know just from photos. Instead, they will need to use language
like this (in approximate order of how useful it is likely to be in this part of
the test):
1. seems
2. looks
3. is obviously
4. probably
5. I guess/ I imagine
6. might/ may/ maybe/ perhaps
7. clearly
8. Im not sure exactly (what this is) but
9. appears
10. looks like
11. I reckon
12. I suppose
13. Im fairly sure
14. I get the impression that
15. is almost certainly
16. My initial impression is
17. must
18. could (possibly)
19. Im pretty confident that

20.I expect
21. I think Im justified in saying that

The related phrases some kind of/ some sort of are also very useful.

If they finish too quickly, they might also want to say Going back to
comparing,