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We say 'in the front / in the back' of a car We say 'at the front / at the back' of buildings / groups of people We say 'on the front / on the back' of a piece of paper

EXERCISES

1. Complete the sentences with a preposition.

a. ______________ the picture, I can see a woman.

b. It happened ______________ 2001.c. The class is ______________ Tuesdays and Thursdays.d. The party is ______________ next week.

e. We could go there together ______________ the afternoon.f. The boy with the green shirt is ______________ the right.

g. Let's meet ______________ six o'clock.h. The girl is standing ______________ the two boys.

i. What are you doing ______________ he weekend?j. The woman is sitting ______________ a table

k. I will have finished this essay ______________ Friday.l. There are more presents ______________ the tree.

m. It was popular ______________ the 1980s.n. There is another chair ______________ the woman.

o. My birthday is ______________ May.

p. They are sitting ______________ chairs.q. I don't like walking alone in the streets ______________ night.

r. Santa's big bag is lying ______________ the floor.s. ______________ her is a man who is barbecuing.

t. The lessons are ______________ the afternoon.u. My brother's birthday is ______________ the 5th of November.

v. It was popular ______________ the twentieth century.

w. The girl is standing ______________ Santa.x. The children were ______________ the playground.y. Would you like to go ______________ the cinema tonoght?

z. We live ______________ London.

DEGREES OF COMPARISON

Simple Degree - Comparative of Equality

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

as + adjective/adverb + as not as/so + adjective/adverb + as

Examples:

She is as tall as her father. Jane is not so/as tall as Anthony.

He is as smart as her. Her father is not so/as smart as her.

They sing as bad as Michel Tel. Calipso does not sing so/as bad as Michel Tel.

Comparative degree

less + adjective/adverb + than more + adjective/adverb + than adjective + er/ier -y + than

Examples:

Hermione is more intelligent than Rony. John is funnier than Ann.

Brooke is less beautiful than Michele. Iron Man is richer than batman.

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Obs:

1. Monosyllabic Adjectives

Adjectives ending with -e, add -r

nice nicer

Adjectives ending with consonant + vowel + consonant: double the last consonant and add -er

fat fatter thin thinner tall taller2. Disyllabic Adjectives

Most of the disyllabic form the comparative using more/less + adjective + than. With some adjectives

such as stupid, gentle, polite, quiet, simple, common, clever, narrow and pleasant is possible to use ofboth adjective + -er + than and more/less + adjective + than forms.

more polite politer more narrow - narrower

Adjectives ending with -y preceded by a consonant, cut -y add -ier

easy easier ugly uglier

Exception: shy shyer3. Three or more sillables

more/less + adjective + than

more beautiful than more handsome than

SUPERLATIVE

the + adjective +est/iest -y

Example:

Martin is the youngesty in the classroom.

Joe is the tallest in the family.

Obs:

1. Monosyllabic Adjectives

the + adjective + -est/iest -y

the fattest the fastest

2. Two or more sylables

the most + adjective

the most careful the most outgoing

IRREGULAR FORMS COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

GOOD BETTER BEST

BAD WORSE WORST

LITTLE LESS LEASTMANY / MUCH MORE MOST

FAR FARTHER/FURTHER FARTHEST/FURTHER

LATE LATER LAST/LATEST

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EXERCISES

1. Write the correct comparative and superlative of the given adjectives.

Adjective Comparative Superlative

a) Expensive ________________________ ________________________

b) Cheap ________________________ ________________________

c) Poor ________________________ ________________________

d) Old ________________________ ________________________ e) short ________________________ ________________________

f) smart ________________________ ________________________

g) sad ________________________ ________________________

h) difficult ________________________ ________________________

i) excellent ________________________ ________________________

j) great ________________________ ________________________

k) happy ________________________ ________________________

l) pretty ________________________ ________________________

m) thin ________________________ ________________________

n) small ________________________ ________________________

o) famous ________________________ ________________________

p) enormous ________________________ ________________________

q) gigantic ________________________ ________________________

r) large ________________________ ________________________

s) high ________________________ ________________________ t) hard ________________________ ________________________

u) soft ________________________ ________________________

v) smooth ________________________ ________________________

w) low ________________________ ________________________

x) slow ________________________ ________________________

y) quick ________________________ ________________________

z) deep ________________________ ________________________

2. (PUC) Papyrus was used ____________ than paper.a) early b) earlier c) more early d) earlyer e) earliest

3. (OSEC) The more I study __________ I know.a) less b) the more c) the least d) more e) the most

4. (PUC) The Herald is __________ newspaper in the town.

a) the importantest b) the more important c) the less important d) the most importante) the importanter

5. (FMU) That table is __________ than this one.

a) long b) more long c) longest d) longer e) most long

6. (MACK HUM) This book is ______________ the last one we used.

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a) worst than b) more good than c) worse than d) gooder than e) best than

7. (MACK HUM) Have you heard about the _________ news?

a) latest b) lasted c) more last d) most often e) laterest

8. (PUC) Shes surely the ____________ girl in town.a) prettiest b) most pretty c) prettier d) prettiest e) prettier

9. (PUC) Riding a horse is not ___________ riding a bicycle.

a) so easy as b) easyer than c) more easy than d) the least easy e) so easy so

10. (PUC) Today the weather is ______________ than yesterday.

a) more had b) worse c) baddest d) bedest e) the worst

11. (FMU) The ____________ we study, the __________.a) most best b) more worst c) less worst d) less worse e) least best