Unit FiveLesson One

A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. The prepositions in, on, and at can be used to describe tome and location. Look at the picture below to have a better understanding on how in, on, and at are used.

• _________ 3 o’clock• _____________ 1990

• _____________ sunrise

• _____________ May

• _____________ 10:30 AM

• _____________ March the 6th

• _____________ Christmas Day

• _____________ Independence Day

• _____________the past

• _____________ your birthday

• _____________ noon

• _____________ the summer

• ______________ Sunday

• ______________ Tuesday

• ______________ 25th of February

• ______________ the moment

• ______________ bedtime

• ______________ the next century

• ______________ 2015

• ______________ New Year’s Eve

Complete the following phrases with in, on, or at.

Complete the following sentences with at, in, or on.

1. I don’t usually work _______________ the weekend.2. The starts shine _______________ night.3. _______________ the morning, I have a cup of coffee.4. I like to have a cup of tea _______________ the evening.5. I will travel _______________ Tuesday morning.6. My flight is _______________ Monday afternoon.7. He’s not home _______________ the moment, but try later.8. I stay with my family _______________ Christmas.9. I have a meeting _______________ 9AM.10.The shop closes _______________ midnight.

Of In In Of ToFrom On Of Between In

Complete the sentences with a preposition that is given to you in the box below:

1. Greenland is one _______________ the most magical islands _______________ the world.

2. Greenland lies _______________ the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.3. It’s 2,655 km _______________ North _______________ South.4. Madagascar lies off the coast _______________ Africa.5. Many animals in Madagascar are _______________ danger.6. Great Britain is rich _______________ history.7. Trafalgar Square is _______________ the heart _______________ London.

Comparative Adjectives1. Comparative adjectives compare one person/thing with another.   Example: The Apennine Mountains in Italy are quite high.The Carpathians in Romania are higher.2. We usually make comparisons with than. Example: The Carpathians are higher than the Apennines.

Superlatives AdjectivesSuperlative adjectives compare one person/thing with several other people/things (more than two).1. Use the before the superlative adjectives. Example: The Alps are the highest mountains in Europe.

When changing a word either as a comparative or superlative adjectives, then you sometimes have to change the spelling as well..

Check out the table below to see the rules

  Adjective Comparative SuperlativeOne- syllable adjective ending in –e ending in –y ending in vowel + constant

CheapStrangeDryflat

CheaperStrangerDrierFlatter

CheapestStrangestDriestFlattest

Most two-syllable adjectives ending in –y ending in –ow ending in -er

PeacefulPrettyNarrowClever

More peacefulPrettierNarrowerCleverer

Most peacefulPrettiestNarrowestCleverest

Adjectives of three syllable or more Popular Mysterious

More popular More mysterious

Most popular Most mysterious

Irregular Adjectives GoodBadfar

BetterWorseFather/further

BestWorstFarthest/furthest

• Adding –er/-est or more to an adjective makes the adjective strongest. If we want to make the adjective weaker, we use less/least. The comparative from is less.

Example: London is less beautiful than Paris. ( Paris is more beautiful than London.)

• The superlative form is the least.

Example: Alaska is the least populated state in the United States. (All the other states are more populated.)

• Use less and least with all adjectives: it doesn’t matter how many syllables the adjectives has.

Example: The Atlantic Ocean is less calm than the Mediterranean.

This lake is the least impressive, I think.

Rewrite these sentences so that they mean the same. Use less or least

1- Nottingham is more dangerous than Oxford.

Oxford is __________________________________________________________________

2- London is more expensive than New York.

New York is ________________________________________________________________

3- All the other lakes are more impressive than this one.

This lake is _________________________________________________________________

4- Carnac is more mysterious than Stonehenge.

Stonehenge is ______________________________________________________________

5- The north of France is flatter than the south.

The south ___________________________________________________________________

6- All the other Greek Islands are more popular than this one.

This island is ________________________________________________________________

Complete these sentences with the comparative or superlative forms of the adjectives:

1. Samira ___________________ girl in the class. (clever)2. Paris is ___________________ Sydney. ( romantic)3. The Canary Islands are ___________________ other places in Spain.

(tropical)4. The ___________________ way to see the countryside is to go trekking.

(good)5. The pollution in Bangkok is ___________________ in London. ( bad)6. Moscow is ___________________ city in the world at the moment.

(expensive)

Fill in the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.

Old    Bad    Difficult    Large    Good    Big    Easy    Much    Little    Interesting