11. Vocabulary

11.1. Many, much, few, a few, little, a little

Test 1. Fill in many, much, few, a few, little, or a little.

1. Most people in this city have jobs – there isn’t ___ unemployment.

2. I live in a small village. There is a church, a shop and ___ houses – that’s all.

3. How ___ apples are on the table?

4. We are late. We have very ___ time.

5. He spends too ___ money.

6. ___ effort had been made before the peace treaty was signed.

7. He needs to buy a lot of things but he hasn’t got ___ money.

8. There aren’t ___ chairs in this room.

9. This flat is small so there are very ___ rooms here.

10. I don’t know ___ about these people.

11. He comes here ___ times a week because he has ___ free time.

12. We are destroying ___ trees and forests.

13. We use ___ electricity.

14. We burn ___ coal.

15. People put ___ chemicals into the seas.

16. There is very ___ juice left. I must buy some.

17. There is ___ Coke in the bottle. Do you want some?

18. She hasn’t got ___ homework today.

19. I need ___ eggs and ___ butter to make a cake.

20. ___ people can’t find jobs nowadays.

Test 2. Fill in much, many, few, a few, little or a little.

1. He isn’t popular. He has very ___ friends.

2. Ann is very busy these days. She has ___ free time.

3. Did you take ___ photographs when you were on holiday?

4. I am not very busy today. I haven’t got ___ to do.

5. The museum was very crowded. There were too ___ people.

6. Most of the town is modern. There are ___ old buildings.

7. The weather has been very dry recently. We have had ___ rain.

8. Do you mind if I ask you ___ questions?

9. ‘Would you like milk in your coffee?’ ‘Yes, please. ___.’

10. This is a very boring place to live. There’s ___ to do.

11. Things are not going so well for her. She has ___ problems.

12. This town is not a very interesting place to visit, so ___ tourists come here.

13. Would you like ___ cake?

14. Would you like ___ apples?

15. There are lots of boys in our class, but very ___ girls.

16. Don’t eat too ___ sweets before lunch!

17. Eating too ___ fat is bad for your health.

18. I can’t do much I’m afraid. I have so ___ time.

19. Don’t buy any more cheese. We have ___ left.

20. How ___ cups of coffee do you drink a day?

11.2. Such or so

Test 3. Fill in so, such or such a(an).

1. Helena has ___ good sense of humour.

2. She has ___ busy life that she always forgets my birthday.

3. You shouldn’t let ___ small child watch TV ___ much.

4. The weather is ___ nice today. Shall we go for a walk?

5. ‘Has he passed the exam?’ ‘Yes, I think ___.’

6. John is ___ interesting to talk to.

7. They said ___ nasty things about you.

8. Science is changing ___ rapidly.

9. I want to do ___ many different things.

10. He dressed ___ quickly that he put his boots on the wrong feet.

11. She got ___ shock that she dropped the bag.

12. I was ___ excited that I didn’t know it was him.

13. It all sounded ___ crazy that I laughed out loud.

14. They worked ___ quickly that there was no time for talking.

15. ‘Will you be home at 6?’ ‘I hope ___.’

16. The house was ___ untidy. I’ve never seen ___ mess.

17. I haven’t seen her for ___ long.

18. I haven’t seen her for ___ long time.

19. Why did you buy ___ much food?

20. Why did you buy ___ book?

Test 4. Fill in so, such or such a(an).

1. He’s difficult to understand because he speaks ___ quickly.

2. I like Tom and Ann. They’re ___ nice people.

3. It was a great holiday. We had ___ good time.

4. I was surprised that he looked ___ well after his recent illness.

5. Everything is ___ expensive these days, isn’t it?

6. I have to go. I didn’t realise it was ___ late.

7. He always looks good. He wears ___ nice clothes.

8. It was ___ boring film that I fell asleep while I was watching it.

9. I couldn’t believe the news. It was ___ shock.

10. They’ve got ___ much money, they don’t know what to do with it.

11. I didn’t realise you lived ___ long way from the city centre.

12. The food at the hotel was ___ awful. I’ve never eaten ___ awful food.

13. The weather is lovely, isn’t it? I didn’t expect it to be ___ nice day.

14. I think she works too hard. She looks ___ tired all the time.

15. I can’t decide what to do. It’s ___ problem.

16. It’s ___ hot here! Can’t we open a window?

17. She’s got ___ lovely hair!

18. We ate ___ delicious food.

19. There were ___ few people there.

20. We had to pay ___ high price for coffee in London.