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Quantitative pronouns

Many, much - багато

Few, little - мало

A few, a little - трохи

The quantitative pronouns have degrees of comparison.

Many – more – most

Much – more – most

Few – fewer – fewest

Little – less – least

The pronouns many and (a) few - are used before countable nouns in the plural or replace them.

They have few envelopes. У них мало конвертів.

They have a few envelopes. У них є кілька конвертів.

There were many students in the room. У кімнаті було багато студентів.

Many stay here. - Багато хто залишається тут.

The pronouns much and (a) little – are used before uncountable nouns or replace them.

We have little sugar. - У нас мало цукру.

We have a little sugar. - У нас є трохи цукру.

There is much snow on the ground. - На землі багато снігу.

Much of what you say is fine. - Багато з того що ви кажете правда.

Exercise 1

Fill in much or many:

1. ____________ people want to see this play. 2. I don’t drink _________ wine. 3. How ________ sheets of paper do you want? 4. Hurry up. You haven’t got _________ time. 5. How _______ does it cost? 6. We haven’t had __________ rain this summer. 7. How __________ time does it take to go there? 8. How _________ times have you been there? 9. How ________butler did you buy? 10. How ________ apples did you buy? 11. He doesn’t eat ___________ fruit.

Exercise 2

Fill in few, little, a few, a little.

1. I couldn’t buy the coat because I had _______ money left. 2. Let us buy some ice cream. I have __________ money left. 3. _____________ pupils speak English as well as he does. 4. There were very __________ people in the streets. 5. We can’t play because we have too _________ time. 6. Give me __________ apples. 7. They spent __________ days in the country and then returned to Kiev. 8. Ask Ann to help you to translate the text, she knows French ___________ . 9. Mary works hard at her English. She makes ___________ mistakes in her speech. 10. Can you lend me _________ money?

Exercise 3

Fill in little, a little, few, a few.

1. It’s no use asking him about it. He has __________ experience in this matter. 2. Ha had very _________ friends (hardly any friends). 3. Ha had ___________ friends. (some friends). 4. He drank ___________- water and felt much better. 5. There was very _________ water in the glass; so he poured in some more. 6. __________ people understood what he said (hardly any people). 7. The chairman said _________ words. (some words). 8. May I have _________ wine, please? 9. Hurry up! We have very ________ time.

Exercise 3

Translate into English.

1. Скільки ви заплатили за цей словник? 2. У нас багато роботи сьогодні? 3. Не поспішайте. У нас багато часу. 4. Ви купили дуже багато цукру. 5. Вчора в парку було мало дітей. 6. Ви зробили багато помилок в своєму творі. 7. В цій бібліотеці мало французьких книжок. 8. Я витратив мало грошей на книги. 9. У мене дуже багато книжок по цьому питанню. 10. Я не зможу піти з вами в кіно, по скільки в мене багато роботи.