LULU 2 SKILLS Describing pictures
Complete the sentences with the prepositions below.
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in front of • in the background foreground • in the middle
next to • on the left right • under
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Joe is sitting on his bed.​

A. S. Pushkin is the greatest Russian poet. But I hope no one is challenging the view that he occupies an outstanding place in Russian literature and culture.

Every summer in June, thousands of people visit the Pskov land. They come here to the village of Mikhailovskoye to the wonderful festival of poetry, to see the places where he lived and worked.

Pushkin is always alive for us, he is the man we all know and love, the greatest of poets. Generations come and go, but Pushkin still remains. We are all grateful to Pushkin for each line of his works. Pushkin is not only a great poet for us. He is the perfect man combining brilliant talent with civil courage. His name is associated with our love for the Motherland, and the best in our life.

Hundreds of new concepts, hundreds of new words have appeared in the language in the years that have passed since his death, but not a single word of his poetry has become obsolete. Everything written by Pushkin continues to live. It has not become something of the past, it does not need any corrections and hardly needs commentary. His feelings and his views still correspond to our own feelings and views.

We admire the great world of Pushkin's poetry as a whole, each of us finding some special lines for ourselves, lines showing his sympathy and respect for his people. The reader cannot imagine his inner world without him.

Big, bigger, the biggest (большой, больше, самый большой)
sad, sadder, the saddest (грустный, печальный)
red, redder, the reddest (красный)
flat, flatter, the flattest (плоский)
fat, fatter, the fattest (толстый)
mad, madder, the maddest (сумаcшедший, бешеный)
hot, hotter, the hottest (горячий)
thin, thinner, the thinnest (тонкий, худой)
wet, wetter, the wettest (сырой, мокрый)
fit, fitter, the fittest (подходящий)
fine, finer, the finest (замечательный, прекрасный)
brave, braver, the bravest (храбрый, смелый)
pale, paler, the palest (бледный)
large, larger, the largest (большой)
late, later, the latest (поздний)
white, whiter, the whitest (белый)
nice, nicer, the nicest (приятный, хороший, милый)
simple, simpler, the simplest (простой)

noble, nobler, the noblest (благородный)
stable, stabler, the stablest (устойчивый)
free, freer, the freest (свободный, бесплатный)
heavy, heavier, the heaviest (тяжёлый)
tall, taller, the tallest (высокий)
green, greener, the greenest (зелёный)
new, newer, the newest (новый)
short, shorter, the shortest (короткий)
great, greater, the greatest (великий)
warm, warmer, the warmest (тёплый)
fresh, fresher, the freshest (свежий)
light, lighter, the lightest (светлый, лёгкий)
cold, colder, the coldest (холодный)
full, fuller, the fullest (полный)
thick, thicker, the thickest (густой)
long, longer, the longest  (длинный)
sweet, sweeter, the sweetest (сладкий)
high, higher, the highest (высокий)
poor, poorer, the poorest (бедный)
small, smaller, the smallest (маленький)
clear, clearer, the clearest (чистый)
quick, quicker, the quickest (быстрый)
free, freer, the freest (свободный, бесплатный)
heavy, heavier, the heaviest (тяжёлый)
hearty, heartier, the heartiest (сердечный)
early, earlier, the earliest (ранний)
tiny, tinier, the tiniest (крошечный)
lazy, lazier, the laziest (ленивый)
angry, angrier, the angriest (сердитый)
busy, busier, the busiest (оживлённый, занятой)
happy, happier, the happiest (счастливый)
dry, drier, the driest (сухой)
shy, shier, the shiest (застенчивый, скромный)
sly, slier, the sliest (хитрый, лукавый)
lovely, lovelier, the loveliest (хорошенький)
dirty, dirtier, the dirtiest (грязный)
funny, funnier, the funniest (смешной, забавный)
pretty, prettier, the prettiest (красивый, хорошенький)
grey, greyer, the greyest (серый)
gay, gayer, the gayest (весёлый)
good, better, the best (хороший)
bad, worse, the worst (плохой)
little, less, the least (маленький)
far, farther, the farthest (далёкий)
far, further, the furthest (далёкий)
near, nearer, the nearest (близкий)
old, older, the oldest (старый)
old, elder, the eldest (старший)
difficult, more difficult, the most difficult (трудный)
beautiful, more beautiful, the most beautiful (прекрасный)
careful, more careful, the most careful (заботливый, осторожный)
attractive, more attractive, the most attractive (привлекательный)
attentive, more attentive, the most attentive (внимательный)
experienced, more experienced, the most experienced (опытный)