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know Spanish, and the waiter did not know English. They were going to tell him that they wanted some milk and sandwiches. At first they pronounced the word "milk" several times. Then they spelled it. But the waiter could not understand them. At last one of them took a piece of paper and began to draw a cow. He was finishing his drawing, when the waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant.
"Do you see," said one of the travellers. "What a pencil can do for a man who has language difficulties in a foreign country?"
The waiter was back again some time after, but he brought no milk. He put down in front of the two men two tickets for a bull-fight1.
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10. Usй the pronoun one (ones) to avoid the repetition of the preceding noun.
1. This band is as good as that band. 2. This fountain is more beautiful than that fountain. 3. This luggage is more expensive than that luggage. 4. I don't want to buy this expensive dress. I want to buy a cheaper dress. 5. The shop-assistant showed me a grey suit. I asked him to show me a black suit. 6. Cotton dresses are cheaper than silk dresses. 7. These lamps are brighter than those lamps. 8. This bonfire is as bright as that bonfire.
11. Divide the following words into three groups: a ) adjectives forming their degrees of comparison by means of -er, -est; b) those forming their degrees of comparison by more and most; с) those having irregular forms of degrees of comparison. (Consult § 6.)
hot, bad, thin, beautiful, many, old, good, expensive, cheap, little, nice, much, important, red, happy, wealthy, widespread, wonderful, true, strong, sour, rosy, progressive, proud, pale, noble, light, long, large
12*. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives ( exercise 11).
13. Do task 9 on pages 120, 121.
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