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USE OF PREPOSITIONS Prepositions can perform different functions: - Serve as a link between two words or different elements in the sentence: I'll see you  at  five o'clock  /  Te veré a las cinco - They can accompany a verb serving as a link to its complement. In this case, they can not alter the meaning of the verb or alter it with what constitutes a different word To look  /  Mirar  (no altera el significado del verbo) To look after  /  Cuidar de  (se altera el significado del verbo) - When we put a verb after a preposition, in English the form 'ing' is normally used and not the infinitive. You shouldn’t go to India without visiting the Taj Mahal. No deberías ir a la India sin visitar el Taj Mahal. I’m interested in studying psychology.  /  Estoy interesado en estudiar psicología. The main prepositions in English are: about alrededor de, sobre above por encima de after detrás de, después de...

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

- Since we have seen, the adjectives describe qualities of nouns. Some of these qualities can change in the degree or intensity. As in Spanish, when we want to do comparisons we confirm qualities or attributes by means of adjectives in his diverse degrees Grades of Adjectives : Los adjetivos que pueden variar en el grado o intensidad tienen formas comparativas y superlativas. En la siguiente sección, están las reglas sobre cómo formar estas formas comparativas y superlativas. The positive degree :  The positive degree of the adjectives, which we have seen previously, is the quality in the simplest degree.                 fast   (rápido) ,    hard   (duro) ,    smart   (listo) ,    pretty   (bonito) ,   clean   (limpio) ,    large   (grande) ,    small   (pequeño) ,    old   (viejo) ,   easy   (fácil) … Ex...