Choose the correct form of the adjective to fill in the blank:
The Joshis’ booking of the community hall for 14 February was ______ ours, so we held Dadi’s birthday party on the terrace.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → prior to
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
“Prior” with “to”:
A few adjectives from Latin already compare two things: superior, inferior, senior, junior and prior. They are followed by to, not “than”. They never take “more” or -er. “Prior” means earlier. Here the Joshis’ booking is compared with “ours”. So the blank takes prior to.
Complete sentence: The Joshis’ booking of the community hall for 14 February was prior to ours, so we held Dadi’s birthday party on the terrace.