(a)
‘Next’ is Adjective
and Adverb.
Synonyms:
Adjacent,
following, future, side by side, succeeding, the one immediately following
Sentences:
1.
Alberta is too busy next month.
2.
Can we go skiing next Friday?
3. I sat down next to Anne.
4. It's the next best thing to coffee.
4. It's the next best thing to coffee.
5.
Let's go on long drive next Sunday.
6. Next the doctor examined my eyes.
7. Next Monday is my sister’s
birthday.
8. Please look at the next page.
9. She is sleeping in the next room.
10.
The meeting is next
Tuesday.
11.
They live in the next
street.
12.
What happened next at the function?
13.
Who is to go next?
(b) ‘Next to’ is Adverb and Preposition.
Synonyms:
Almost,
alongside, beside, immediately following or adjacent to, nearly
Sentences:
1. Anne knows next to nothing about gardening.
2. Do you mind if I sit next to you?
3. I was standing next to Millie in the lounge.
4. It was next to impossible to see in the fog.
5. Julie’s home is next to the post office.
6. Nick’s room is next to mine in the hostel.
7. We bought the car for next to nothing.
8. Zany sat next to her friend Alberta.
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