1. При этом “ much/many”употребляются в основном в вопросительных и отрицательных предложениях, тогда как “ a lot/ lots of/ plenty of”употребляются в утвердительных предложениях.

Ex.: I haven’t got much money but have a lot of friends.

2. Much и little также являются наречиями, со значениями: много - хорошо, мало - плохо.

Ex. I know so little about you! I work so much!

3. Не путайте “few” ( мало) и “a few” (несколько), “little”(мало) и “a little” (немного, немножко). По значению они близки к “some”. Сравните:

Ex.: 1.This plant needs little water. (Этому растению нужно мало воды.)

Do you have any water left? Give me a little. (У вас осталась вода? Дайте мне немного.)

2. I have few friends but I can always rely on them. (У меня мало друзей, но я могу на них положиться.)

To cook this soup I need a few carrots, a few potatoes and some meat. (Чтобы приготовить этот суп мне нужно несколько морковок, несколько картофелин и мясо.)

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Step 1. The Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous Tense?

Подберите ответы к вопросам.

What do you do? What are you doing? Where do you work? What are you working on? What language do you speak? What language is he speaking? What instrument does he play? What is he playing? Do you eat meat? What are you eating? Who is it speaking? Who usually speaks at the meetings?

Sounds like French. Chocolate. Take a bit! I think it’s Tchaikovsky. On my report. Chinese. I’m from China. In a factory. The piano. My boss, he’s very talkative. No, I’m a vegetarian. I am a doctor. It’s me, Susan. Cooking.

Step 2

1. Ответьте на вопросы.

Ex.: Are you going to work tomorrow? Yes, I am. / No, I am not.

Are you going to … tomorrow?

study

work at your computer

read texts

write exercises

study English

play sports

cook

read

do your room

do the dishes

watch TV

play football

play the piano, the violin

2. What time are you going to …?

get up

start work

finish work

come back home

go to bed

2. Now ask your friend the same questions and write down his answers according to the model below:

(А теперь задайте эти же вопросы другу и запишите его ответы по данному образцу:)

Ex.: He/She is going to get up at 7.30 a.m.

Step 3. The Present Continuous (Progressive) Tense (Настоящее продолженное время)

Поставьте глагол в скобках в Present Progressive.

1. You (work) now? No, I (take a bath).

2. What she (sing) now? She (sing) a new song.

3. Where are you? I am in the kitchen. I (cook).

4. I’m at home now. I (sit) on the sofa and (watch) TV.

5. Look, somebody (try) to open your car! Call the police!

6. What you (read) now? Is it interesting?

7. They (play) chess. I not (play), I (watch) the game.

8. Where are the children? In the garden. Ann (water) flowers and Marry (dig).

9. Nora is at home now. She (sit) in the kitchen and (write) a letter to a friend.

10. We (walk) in the park now. The weather is wonderful.

Step 4. The Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous Tense?

a) The Present Simple Tense = V/ V + s /es

Найдите правильные предложения и исправьте неправильные.

1. I works every day.

2. He spends a lot of time watching TV.

3. He never come here.

4. Nobody know the answer.

5. We don’t come here very often.

6. She sometimes finishes studies at 4p.m.

7. We study Chinese.

8. I always get up at 7 a.m.

9. He don’t like traveling.

b) The Present Continuous = to be + V + ing

Найдите правильные предложения и исправьте неправильные.

1. Don’t disturb me! I’m taking a bath.

2. Hush! I’m listen to the news.

3. He are sleeping, don’t wake him up!

4. Look, somebody is try to break the door!

5. Listen, somebody singing in the bathroom!

6. It’s so noisy here! Somebody are screaming and shouting in the street.

7. She is sleeping, don’t wake her up!

8. We talking about holidays now.

9. Can you help me? I looking for my dog.

c) Present Simple or Present Progressive?

Выберите правильную форму глагола.

1. What ___________ for a living?

do you do are you doing

2. What _______________? Stop it! It’s dangerous!

do you do are you doing

3. He always ___________ tests well.

writes is writing

4. What ______________________? For my watch.

do you look for are you looking for

5. Each time they meet, they __________ about boys.

talk are talking

6. He is tied up. He __________________ a test.

writes is writing

7. He often ___________________ in different seminars.

takes part is taking part

8. Listen, they ______________ new films.

discuss are discussing

9. Every week they ______________ the new material.

discuss are discussing

10. Look, they ______________ about boys again!

gossip are gossiping

Step 5. Questions (Вопросы)

Задайте вопросы к данным словам.

Questions about you: 1. What time do you usually get up?

Questions about your friend: 1. What time does he (she) usually get up?

1. get up?

2. do in the morning?

3. have for breakfast?

4. drink in the morning?

5. start work

6. do during the day?

7. return home?

8. do in the evening?

9. go to bed

Step 6. Asking a question (Задаем вопрос)

1. Какие вопросы о ее брате задала Эмили учительница? Запишите их.

___________________________?

My brother’s name is Den.

___________________________?

He is twenty.

_________________________?

He is a student.

__________________________?

55, Oak Street, London, UK

________________________?

It’s 535-47-89

________________________?

den-ross/london@mail.com

______________________?

He likes burgers and meat.

___________________________?

Yes, he has many friends.

_________________________ ?

Yes, he can ride a bicycle.

_________________________________?

In his free time he likes playing computer games and watching movies.

_________________________?

His favorite sport is football.

____________________________?

His favorite animal is a horse.

______________________________?

His favorite writer is Tolstoy.

________________________?

His favorite actor is Bruce Willis.

____________________?

His favorite band is Tokyo Hotel

__________________?

Yes, he has a computer.

______________________?

No, he doesn’t have a car.

__________________________?

To feel good he needs fun and holidays.

2. Расскажите о своем друге, подруге.

Step 7. Much, many, few и little. (Много и мало)

1. Much or many?

Дополните вопрос словами “many” или “much”.

1. How ______ cash have you got?

2. How __________ books have you read this summer?

3. How _________ students are there in your group?

4. How ________ languages do you know?

5. How _________ mistakes have you made?

6. How _________ countries have you visited?

7. How __________ sugar have you bought?

8. How ________ milk do you need?

9. How _________ days do you need to finish this report?

10. How ________ furniture was there in the room?

2. Little or few?

Выберите правильное слово.

1. I have few/ little money.

2. He has few/ little friends.

3. She has little/few books.

4. There is few/little sugar left at home. We need to buy some.

5. There is few/little work to do today in the office.

6. We have few/little furniture in this room.

7. He is so stupid! He knows so little/few!

8. I have too little/few money to buy a new car.

9. There’s too little/few food in the fridge to cook dinner!

10. There’s too little/few information about this event to understand what happened.

11. I make little/few mistakes in tests.

12. We know few/ little about him.

13. I have too little/few time to finish this report.

14. He knows so few/little! He’s very ignorant!

3. A few or a little?

Заполните пропуски одним из данных слов.

1. Have you got any free time? Yes, __________.

2. Have you got any money? Yes, ___________.

3. Have you got any books? Yes, ___________.

4. Do you want sugar in your tea? Yes, _________.

5. Are there any books in the bag? Yes, ________.

6. Is there any salt left? Yes, ________.

7. Have you got any milk? Yes, _________.

8. Has he got any newspapers? Yes, _______.

9. Is there any water in the barrel? Yes, _______.

10. Are there any apples in the fridge? Yes, _________.

VOCABULARY

Step 1. I like food! (Я люблю поесть!)

CD AUDIO FILE 3

1. Прослушайте и прочитайте вместе с диктором. I like food. I like eating lots of tasty food. Goose and turkey, duck and beef, Pork and chicken too! Salted mushrooms, fish and chips, Pickled tomatoes, creamy cheese And chewing gum to chew! Cabbage, pumpkin, marrows, beets, Fried, boiled and baked. Cream and butter, soup and ham, Honey, cereals, marmalade, jam, Hamburgers and cakes! Don’t forget I also like Drinking when I eat: Coffee, tea, milk, water, soda, Fruit-juice, wine, milkshake and Cola Salty, bitter, sour and sweet!

2. Прочтите вслух, переводя слова в скобках на английский. I like (еду). I like eating lots of tasty food. (гусь) and (индюшка), (утка) and (говядина), (свинина) and (курица) too! Salted (грибы), (рыба с жареной картошкой), Pickled (помидоры), (плавленый сыр) And (жевательная резинка) to chew! (капуста), (тыква), (кабачки), (свекла), (жареное), (вареное) and (печеное). (сливки) and (масло), (суп) and (ветчина), (мед), (мюсли), (варенье), (джем), (гамбургеры) and (пирожные)! Don’t forget I also like Drinking when I eat: (кофе), (чай), (молоко), (вода), (газировка), (фруктовый сок), (вино), (молочный коктейль) and Cola (соленое), (горькое), (кислое) and (сладкое)!

2. А теперь расскажите, что вы любите есть или пить, а что нет.

Ex.: I like eating/drinking…

I don’t like eating/drinking…

3) Теперь просмотрите все существительные в рифмовке и поделите их на исчисляемые и неисчисляемые. Запишите их ниже.

many/few

much/little

Step 2. Food (Еда)

1) Просмотрите список продуктов и расскажите, что полезно есть, а что вредно. Дайте рекомендации друзьям, что нужно есть, чтобы поправиться или похудеть.

Ex.: You should eat more … You should eat less (неисчисляемые существительные)/ fewer (исчисляемые)

2) Дайте рецепт своего любимого блюда. (используйте глаголы: take, add, mix with, cool, heat, fry, boil, grate, melt.)

1. Bread products:

bread - хлеб, a bun - булочка, a roll - булочка, donut - пышка, cake - пирожное, pancake - блинчик, pie - пирог.

2. Cereals:

porridge – каша, buckwheat - греча, rice - рис, corn - кукуруза, semolina манная, oats - овес, pearl barley перловая.

3. Meat, game (дичь) and fish products:

beef - говядина, pork - свинина, lamb - баранина, sausage – сосиски, колбаса, salami, ham - ветчина, bacon, chicken - курятина, goose - гусятина, duck – мясо утки, turkey - индюшатина, rabbit - кролик, fish - рыба.

4. Dairy ( молочные) products:

milk, cream - сливки, sour cream - сметана, butter - масло, margarine, mayonnaise, cheese, cottage cheese - творог.

5. Vegetables and fruit:

tomato - помидор, cucumber - огурец, potato - картошка, carrot - морковь, beet - свекла, turnip - репа, cabbage капуста, marrow - кабачок, lettuce - салат, peas - горох, beans - фасоль, radish - редиска, pumpkin - тыква, pepper - перец, onion - лук, garlic - чеснок, dill - укроп, parsley - петрушка, celery - сельдерей, mushrooms - грибы, apple - яблоко, apricot - абрикос, pear - груша, plum - слива, cherry - вишня, peach - персик, lemon - лимон, orange - апельсин, tangerine - мандарин, banana - банан, pineapple - ананас, melon - дыня, water melon - арбуз, strawberry - клубника, cranberry - клюква, currant - смородина, raspberry - малина, gooseberry - крыжовник, blueberry - голубика, blackberry – ежевика, grapes – виноград, cowberry – брусника, cloudberry - морошка .