Equatives: as adjective as Write a VERY DESCRIPTIVE sentence using each of the adjective-noun pairs. Each one will create a well-known English idiom. Explain.

Equatives: as adjective as

Write a VERY DESCRIPTIVE sentence using each of the adjective-noun pairs. Each one

will create a well-known English idiom. Explain what each idiom means.

EXAMPLE: a pretty picture

• My niece is all dressed up for her quinceanera. She looks as pretty as a picture. (The idiom as pretty as a picture means very beautiful.)

a gentle lamb

a happy clam

a wicked witch

a fat pig

a heavy horse

a tall tree

a white sheet

a white ghost

a happy lark

a sharp tack

a clean whistle

*a shiny new penny

*the deep sea

a fast wind

*good gold

a straight arrow

a dumb post

a loose goose

a crazy loon

Use “the same” at the end of the sentence in the negative when comparing two nouns or noun phrases. Notice the second clause = plural verb form.

• Example: A loon looks like a duck, but they are not the same.

Use “the same as” in the negative when comparing two nouns or noun

phrases in mid-sentence.

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• Example: A quarter is not the same as a nickel. (s)Quarters are not the same as nickels. (pl)

Write two correct negative comparisons for each of the following.Write one comparison mid-sentence and one at the end.1. Freud’s dream theory: Jung’s dream theory2. REM sleep: non-REM sleep3. A nightmare: a lucid dream4. A fact: a theory5. Impressionist art: Abstract Expressionist art6. Diadems: torques7. Greek sculpture: Roman sculpture8. A handout from a social service agency: a do-it-

yourself approach9. A pure market economy: a mixed system10. A blue-collar job: a white-collar job