Unit 2. Much, many, little, few

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions according to the pattern.

A. Pattern: Are there many books in this bookcase?

Yes, there are rather many. (No, there aren't. There are few.)

1. Are there many chairs in the room? 2. Are there many flowers hi the vase? 3. Are there many spoons on the table? 4. Are there many windows in your flat? 5. Are there many trees in your garden? 6. Are there many children in the hall?

B. Рattern: Is there much snow in the street?

Yes, there is rather much. (No, there isn't. There is very little.)

1. Is there much milk in the jug? 2. Is there much bread on the plate? 3. Is there much wine in the bottle?

4. Is there much water in your glass? 5. Is there much coffee in your cup? 6. Is there much butter on the plate?

C. 1. Are there very many benches in the park? 2. Is there much tea in the pot? 3. Are there many trees in your street? 4. Is there much sugar in the sugar-pot? 5. Are there many desks in your classroom? 6. Is there much chalk on the teacher's table?

Exercise 2. Insert suitable nouns: apples, books, boys, bread, flowers, grass, leaves, time, snow, sugar, water (2).

1. I have too much ... in my tea. 2. He has little ... today. 3. You have very many ... in your room. 4. There is too little ... on the table. 5.I have few…in my garden. 6. There is little ... on the square. 7. There are not many ... on the trees. 8. There is very much ... in this well. 9. We have too few ... in our class. 10. There is much ... on the ground. 11. There is little ... in this ditch. 12. There are many ... on the plate.

Exercise 3. Insert correct forms of the verb to be.

1. There ... not many people in the street. 2. There ... too much water in the ditch. 3. There ... too little ink in my pen. 4. There ... few boys on the playground. 5. There ... very many birds on the tree. 6. There ... too little milk in the bottle. 7. There .., only few desks in the classroom. 8. There ... so much fresh air here! 9. There ... little grass in his garden. 10. There ... many children on the ice. 11. There ... much paper on her desk. 12. There ... little sand on the beach.

Exercise 4. Insert much, many, little, few, a little, a few.

1. There is so ... snow on the roof. 2. He has ... English books. 3. There are too ... flowers in this vase. Take ... for your wife. 4. Give me ... butter, please. 5. Pass me the jug, please. There is too ... milk in my coffee. 6. There are very ... pies on the plate. Take ... for your children. 7. Now there is quite ... water in the river. 8. Look! There are so ... people on the ice! 9. Open the window! There is so ... air in the room. 10. I have very ... books. You may take ... of them. 11. Give me ... cheese, please. 12. I can't drink this tea. There is too ... sugar in it.

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

1. У него очень много книг. 2. На улице немного снега. 3. В саду так много цветов. 4. В этой комнате слишком мало света. 5. У нее много детей. 6. У них мало времени. 7. В этом парке очень мало старых деревьев. 8. На катке сейчас очень много детей. 9. В этом доме не много стариков. 10. У меня в чае слишком много сахара. 11. В этом стакане слишком мало молока. 12. У нее сейчас очень много денег.

Exercise 6. Translate the following questions into English and answer them.

1. Сколько у тебя английских книг? 2.Сколько у тебя сейчас денег? 3. Сколько сахара в этом пакете? (packet) 4. Сколько старых деревьев в этом парке? 5. Сколько у нее детей? 6. Сколько молока в этом кувшине? 7. Сколько дней в этом месяце? 8. Сколько работы у тебя сегодня? 9. Сколько супа в этой кастрюле? (pan). 10. Сколько книг на этой полке? 11. сколько у тебя сыра? 12. Сколько у тебя сигарет?