Упражнения

I. Вставить в предложения much, many.

1 . She gives him … water to wash his hands and face. 2. There are … new words in the text, and Peter spends … time learning them. 3. There is … hay in the yard, and the children cannot play there. 4. There are very … old houses in our street. 5. If you have… spare time, look through this book. You can find … stories there which are rather interesting. 6. There are … things here which I cannot understand. 7. Can I bring … more chalk? — No, thank you. There is … chalk on the desk. 8. I need … flower, … sugar, … eggs, … milk to make a cake. 9. There is … water in the bottle. 10. There are … mistakes in your work.

II. Вставить в предложения much, many.

1. There are ... plates on the table. 2. Please don't put ... pepper on the meat. 3. I never eat ... bread with soup. 4. Why do you eat so ... ice-cream? 5. She writes ... letters to us from the country. 6. ... of these students don't like to look up words in the dictionary. 7. ... in this work is too difficult for me. 8. ... of their answers are excellent. 9. ... of their conversation is about the institute. 10. There are ... new pictures in this room. ll. There are ... teachers at our school, and ... of them are women. 12. ... of these plays are quite new. 13. Thanks for the books you send me. 14. ... of her advice is useful. 15. He has... pairs of socks.

III. Выберите правильный вариант.

1. How much / How many pages are there in your book? 2. Is / Are there many / much banks in London? 3. Is / Are there many / much traffic in Moscow? 4. How much / How many information have we got about this company? 5. I’m afraid we haven’t got much / many time. 6. We have much / many blue jeans in the wardrobe. 7. You can find much / many new book-cases in his room. 8. There is much / many information to use. 9. There are many / much old cars next to his house. 10. There is much / many meat in the fridge.

IV. Заполните пропуски местоимениями much или many.

1. Kate gets … cards on her birthday.

2. The teacher gives us … homework.

3. My brother reads … .

4. He translates … letters into English.

5. My parents work too … .

6. Does your son read … ?

7. … students study two foreign languages.

8. We send letters to … foreign firms.

V. Замените в предложениях местоимения many / much на местоимения few / little с наречиями степени по смыслу: so few / little; very few / little; too few / too little.

1. There are very many English textbooks in the library. - There are so few English books in the library.

2. There is much bread for breakfast. - There is little bread for breakfast.

3. This winter we have very much snow.

4. I have many friends in this town.

5. Peter knows much about Oxford University.

6. The examiner asks me many questions.

7. Many shops open at 7 o’clock in the morning.

8. Our secretary types much.

9. Tom works hard and sleeps much.

10. Our sportsmen win many medals.

VI. Вставьте little или few.

1. I have ... time, so I can't go with you. 2. He has ... English books. 3. There is ... milk in my glass. Have you got any milk? 4. There are ... bears in the zoo. 5. Tom Canty is the son of poor parents and has very ... clothes. 6. There is ... soup in my plate. Give me some more, please. 7. The children find very ... mushrooms in the wood. 8. There is too ... light in the room, and I can’t read. 9 There are very ... people who don't know that the earth is round.