1. JOE: Why have you bought a new car?AMY: We needed one with a (bigger) boot, to take our sports gear.2. ROSE: Do you happen to know which is (the smallest / planet in) our solar system?JILL: Pluto, isn't it? I know it's (far) away from the sun.3. FRED: How was your driving test?GEORGE: Oh, not so bad really. It was ( easier than) I'd expected, in fact.FRED: So, you've passed?GEORGE: Yes, I have.FRED: Congratulations! That's (the best) news I've heard for ages!MARY: Which is (the highest / mountain in) Africa?ANNE: I'm not sure. Kilimanjaro, perhaps?MARY: Where's that? In Zambia?ANNE: No, it's (farther to the / north) that. Kenia I think.4. EDDY: We'd better go to the bank this morning.SEAN: Can't we go (later)?EDDY: No. They shut (earlier / here than) they do at home.5. WILL: Hurry up! We'll miss the train. Can't you run (faster)?PETE: Sorry, I'm going (as fast as) I can already.WILL: OK. I guess you're quite a bit (shorter than / me), after all.6. CHRIS: I hear you were having problems with your business last year. Is it (better) this year?JODIE: No. I'm afraid it's (worse) if anything.CHRIS: I suppose people just aren't spending (more money) they used to.