Little Learnersplay. practice. discover.Grade 12 · Reading & language
Combine agreements and differences without erasing either source's meaning.
8 authored questions + worked example
Account A: A trial schedule would help us measure attendance. Account B: A trial would let families identify travel problems.
Answer: Both support a trial, but they emphasize different benefits.
The sentence preserves the agreement and the different reasons.
All 8 authored questions for this skill.
Question 1
Account A: Reusing the boards would reduce spending. Account B: Reusing them would keep material out of the waste bin.
State what both accounts support, then preserve any important difference in emphasis or conditions.
Answer: Both favor reuse, with cost and waste as separate reasons.
The synthesis combines rather than replaces the two stated reasons.
Question 2
Account A: The delayed start gave us useful preparation time. Account B: The delayed start shortened the discussion too much.
State what both accounts support, then preserve any important difference in emphasis or conditions.
Answer: The accounts agree about the delay but disagree about its effect.
Both report a delay; their evaluations of it differ.
Question 3
Account A: A trial schedule would help us measure attendance. Account B: A trial would let families identify travel problems.
State what both accounts support, then preserve any important difference in emphasis or conditions.
Answer: Both support a trial, but they emphasize different benefits.
The sentence preserves the agreement and the different reasons.
Question 4
Account A: Visits increased after the new display opened; opening hours also changed. Account B: More visitors arrived that month, but the records cannot separate the effects.
State what both accounts support, then preserve any important difference in emphasis or conditions.
Answer: Both observed more visitors; neither establishes the sole cause.
Both describe an increase while acknowledging limited causal evidence.
Question 5
Account A: A ramp beside the east door would improve access. Account B: Improving the west approach would make access easier.
State what both accounts support, then preserve any important difference in emphasis or conditions.
Answer: They agree on the need for access but propose different routes.
Both accept the goal while differing in their proposed means.
Question 6
Account A: As organizer, I checked the seating plan before guests arrived. Account B: As a visitor, I found my seat easily.
State what both accounts support, then preserve any important difference in emphasis or conditions.
Answer: They describe the same event from different roles.
One account describes organizing; the other describes attending.
Question 7
Account A: The library needs quiet corners for reading. Account B: Quiet reading areas matter, but groups also need a place to talk.
State what both accounts support, then preserve any important difference in emphasis or conditions.
Answer: Both value quiet spaces, though one also stresses collaboration.
This retains the shared position and the additional concern.
Question 8
Account A: The sample dried in two hours beside a sunny window. Account B: A matching sample in a shaded room took four hours.
State what both accounts support, then preserve any important difference in emphasis or conditions.
Answer: The findings differ under different test conditions.
The two measurements were made under different conditions and need not conflict.