6 ACTIVATE Work in groups of three. Look at the dialogue in exercise 2. Change the words
in blue using the ideas in the box or your own
ideas. Practise the new dialogue.
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1. I am selling this bicycle. You want to buy it?
2. What do you think you are doing?
3. I do not understand what he is saying. Is he speaking Spanish or Portuguese?
4. We have been stayng in this hotel since last Monday and we haven't had a decent meal during all this time.
5. I am living with my friends now as the workmen have not yet repaired  the roof in my house.
6. John and Polly have been married for fifteen years already. They are going to celebrate their wedding anniversary this Saturday.
7. This is the first time I have heard this expression.
8. James has always wanted to become an actor and now his dream has come true.
9. Why are you smelling the milk? — I think it has gone off.
10. It has been raining for five days already. The weather is getting worse and worse.

Dirty - dirtier - the dirtiest (грязный)
clean - cleaner - the cleanest (чистый)
fat - fatter - the fattest (толстый)
little - less - the least (маленький)
ungly - uglier - the ugliest (уродливый)
smart - smarter - the smartest (умный)
expensive - more expensive - the most expensive (дорогой)
good - better - the best (хороший)
comfortable - more comfortable - the most comfortable (удобный)
happy - happier - the happiest (счастливый)
small - smaller - the smallest (маленький)
big - bigger - the biggest (большой)
cosy - cosier - the cosiest (уютный)
tall - taller - the tallest (высокий)
many - more - the most (много)