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.

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 taller

2. 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 of
both 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 shyer

3. 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

LEAST

MANY / MUCH

MORE

MOST

FAR

FARTHER/FURTHER

FARTHEST/FURTHER

LATE

LATER

LAST/LATEST

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 important
e) 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.

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