Comparing and contrasting salaries

Question 1

• Use expressions with adjectives like these to COMPARE and CONTRAST salaries.
• Use PAY to talk about money from the jobs and DO or MAKE to talk about what the workers earn.

Answer 1

…Compared to smoke jumping, deep-sea diving normally PAYS great.

…Like smoke jumping, logging PAYS little.

…Unlike loggers, drillers usually DO well.

…Drillers MAKE plenty.

Question 2

• Use comparative adjectives to compare two or more things.

Answer 2

…Drill operators and derrick hands can do BETTER THANn divers.

…Smoke jumpers make LESS money THAN anyone.

…Logging usually pays worse THAN diving.

…Loggers normally do AS WELL AS smoke jumpers

Question 3

• Use SUPERLATIVE adjectives to say something has more or less of a quality than any other thing.
• Use PAY or MAKE with MOST or LEAST when talking about salaries.
• You can modify a comparison by adding much, slightly or a little to the expression.

Answer 3

…Operating a drill usually PAYS the BEST.

…A smoke jumper normally DOES the WORST.

…Training other derrick hands often PAYS the MOST.

…Smoke jumpers MAKE the LEAST.
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…Drill operators MAKE MUCH MORE THAN loggers.

…Loggers normally DO SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN smoke jumpers.

…Divers usually MAKE A LITTLE LESS THAN derrick hands.