6.7 Кількісні займенники

До кількісних займенників належать: many, much ,багато; few, little мало; a few, a little кілька, трохи. Усі вони мають ступені порівняння:

many — more — most

much — more — most

few — fewer — fewest

little — less — least

Кількісні займенники вживаються як займенники-прикметники і як займенники - іменники.

Many і few вживаються перед зліченними іменниками множини, а також замінюють їх. Як іменник many означає багато хто, few — мало хто:

There were many students in the room.	У кімнаті було багато студентів.
Many stay here.	Багато хто залишається тут.
She has few note-books.	У неї мало зошитів.
Many people tried to climb the mountain but few reached the top of it.	Багато людей пробували піднятися на гору, але мало хто досяг вершини.

Займенники much і little вживаються перед незліченними іменниками, а також замінюють їх. Крім того, much і little вживаються після дієслів як прислівники:

There is much snow on the ground.	На землі багато снігу.
Much of what you say is true.	Багато з того, що ви кажете, правда.
Не works very much.	Він працює дуже багато.
І have very little time.	У мене дуже мало часу.
She reads little now.	Вона зараз мало читає.

6.8 Практичні завдання

Вправа 1. Доберіть необхідну форму займенника.

1. Let … take the books to the library today (she).2. Let … translate these sentences into English (we).3. Let … stay at home. He is quite ill (he).4. Let … introduce myself. My name is Ann (I). 5. Let … read the text in class (they). 6. Let … learn the poem by heart (she). 7. Let … do it himself (he).

Вправа 2. Доберіть займенники.

1. I have got … interesting books to read.

a) some;

b) any.

2. Are there … letters for me? There are … letters in the letter-box.

a) any;

b) no.

3. You may read … book you like.

a) any;

b) some.

4. Have you got … English records at home?

a) no;

b) some;

c) any.

5. I am interested in … information you can give me on this question.

a) some;

b) any.

6. There are … coat-hangers in the wardrobe.

a) some;

b) any.

7. There are not … magazines.

a) some;

b) any.

8. You have … very nice photos here.

a) any;

b) some.

9. There is … milk in the bottle.

a) some;

b) any.

10. There are … mistakes in your dictation.

a) any;

b) some.

Вправа 3. Використайте займенники much, many, a lot of..

1. I have … newspapers in my bag. 2. There are … colleges within English universities. 3. He knows … languages. 4. There is … dust on the furniture. 5. Our teacher knows … 6. We walk … after school. 7. They don’t ask us … questions.

Вправа 4. Використайте необхідний займенник.

chalk coffee tables pictures cars jam snow dictionaries, pencils magazines dust, grass, exercise-books

little few a little a few

Вправа 5. Перекладіть речення.

1. Both my friends like tennis. 2. I met Peter, Nick and some other friends. 3. Neither of my Russian books is translated into English. 4. All my friends came to see me. 5. You can meet him everywhere. 6. Nothing could help him. 7. We looked at ourselves.

Вправа 6. Утворіть об’єктний відмінок у таких реченнях.

1. My friend sends (I) many letters. 2. His brother knows (you) well. 3. I often see (they) in the park. 4. Don’t ask (he) about it. 5. Do you know Latin? – No, I don’t know (it) at all. 6. Sometimes we meet (she) at the Browns’. 7. The teachers greet (we) every morning. 8. Your son studies together with (she), doesn’t he?

Вправа 7. Утворіть питальні речення, використовуючи займенники whom, what, whose, which.

1. … of you will help me? 2. … will help me? 3. … is your telephone number? 4. … gloves are these? They are mine. 5. … way did he go? 6. … do you know about him?

Вправа 8. Перекладіть текст, добираючи займенники.

One day an artist looked out of the window of … room and saw an old fisherman going by….thought that the old man would make a good model for a picture. So … went out and told the fisherman that he wanted to paint…

The man thought about it for a minute and asked: ‘What will you pay me?’

‘Well, … will pay two pounds,’ answered the artist and added as the man still hesitated: ‘It’s an easy way to earn two pounds, you see.’

‘Oh, … know that,’ said the man, ‘but … am wondering how … shall get the paint off afterwards.’

Вправа 9. Доберіть зворотні займенники.

1. Don’t play with the knife, you may hurt… 2. I hope they enjoy… 3. He does not like … to talk about. 4. She wrote it … 5. I need that book … 6. They kept a few books for … 7. We must do these exercises …

myself yourself himself herself themselves ourselves