e.g. He is not so clever as his brother.
He is less clever than his brother.
1. His new book is not so interesting as his first one. 2. There is not so much sugar in my tea as in yours. 3. Her niece is not so charming as her daughter. 4. Vegetables are not so expensive as meat. 5. Polish is not so difficult as Japanese. 6. This problem is not so serious as that one. 7. A lemon is not so useful as an apple. 8. The weather in our country is not so changeable as in Britain.
Exercise 6. : high, deep, boring, complete, comfortable, elegant, popular, expensive, long
1. He always sits in the chair. 2. Diamonds are the precious stones. 3. The 5th Beethovens symphony is the . 4. Everest is the mountain in the world. 5. The Pacific is the ocean. 6. Its the book Ive ever read. 7. She was the woman in the room. 8. Thats the lecture Ive ever heard. 9. June 21st is the day in the northern hemisphere.
Exercise 7. good, bad, little, much, far
1.It was the accident in the history of the company. 2. The most expensive is not necessarily the . 3. She was very ill yesterday, but she was today. 4. You surely dont expect me to sell it for than I paid for it. 5. They live on the side of the town. 6. Last years results were bad, but unfortunately this years are . 7. Managers earn than secretaries. 8. Our products are sold in the corners of the world. 9. They all ate a lot but he ate the . 10. Nobody gave very much, but she gave the . 11. He is not satisfied with anything but the . 12. He is a good player, but his brother is .
Exercise 8. Translate into English.
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Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in
We use at with specific times.
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The train is due at 12:15 p.m.
We use on with days and dates.
My brother is coming on Monday.
We're having a party on the Fourth of July.
We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year.
She likes to jog in the morning.
It's too cold in winter to run outside.
He started the job in 1971.
Prepositions of Place: at, on, and in
We use at for specific addresses.
The Browns live at 55 Boretz Road in Durham.
We use on with names of streets, avenues, etc.
Her house is on Boretz Road.
And we use in for the names of land-areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents).
She lives in Durham.
Durham is in Windham County.
Windham County is in Connecticut.
Prepositions of Location: in, at, and on
IN
(the) bed*
the bedroom
the car
(the) class*
the library*
school*
AT
class*
home
the library*
the office
school*
work
ON
the bed*
the ceiling
the floor
the horse
the plane
the train
* You may sometimes use different prepositions for these locations.
Prepositions of Movement: to and No Preposition
We use to to express movement toward a place.
They were driving to work together.
She's going to the dentist's office this morning.
With the words home, downtown, uptown, inside, outside, downstairs, upstairs, we use no preposition.
Grandma went upstairs
Grandpa went home.
They both went outside.
