Задания

1. Переведите предложения на русский язык:

1. Somebody is under the window. 2. Give me something to eat. 3. There is not anyone in the hall. 4. Do you see anyone in the garden? 5. Somebody calls you. 6. Do you have something to drink? 7. Take anything you like. 9. I want to buy something else.10. I see someone in the tree. 11. Here are some books of English writers.12. Take any cake you like. 13. I see something on the snow but I don’t know what it is.14. There is nobody in the street because it is late. 15. I want to read something about management. 16. Please bring me some apples, Helen. 17. We want to go somewhere. The weather is so fine! 18. Men like anything digital or electronic. 19. Is there anybody outside in the street? No, there is nobody there, I think. I don’t see anyone there, It’s late, everybody is sitting at home at this time. 20. Is anything wrong with this telephone? No, everything is O.K. Nothing happened to it.

2. Вставьте местоимения some, any, no и их производные:

1. There are (несколько) new books on the shelf. 2. There is (кто-то) in the room. 3. Do you know (что-нибудь) about it? 4. I don’t know (кого-либо). 5. (Некоторые) students speak English well. 6. Have you got (немного) bread? Yes, I have (немного). 7. I know (что-то) interesting about it. 8. Where is Ann? She is (где-то) here. 9. Is there (кто-нибудь) in front of the door? 10. Have you got (какие-нибудь) English books? 11. There is (что-то) round on the table. What is it? 12. (Никто) knows her. 13. I don’t believe (ничему) you say. 14. Do you know (что-нибудь) about the new generation of computers? The new generation? No, I know (ничего) about it. 15. Can you tell me (что-нибудь) about the Seven Wonders of the World? Yes, I can tell you (кое-что), but not very much. 16. Does (кто-нибудь)come here at this time? No, (никто) does. If (кто-нибудь) comes today, tell me immediately. 17. Do you go (куда-нибудь) for your winter vacation? Usually I go (никуда), but this winter I want to go (куда-нибудь).

Выберите номера предложений, в которых any имеет значение любой:

1. 1. Are there any questions? 2. I can answer any question. 3. No, there aren’t any questions. 4. You may solve any problem you like. 5. Any of them is interesting enough. 6. Any answer of these two is right here. 7. He can’t find any job. 8. Is there any post office here? 9. You can take any way to get to the post office. 10. Is there any theatre in the town? 11. No, there isn’t any. The town is very little. 12. Any boy can play football on the field.

Неопределенные местоимения Much, many, (a) little, (a) few

m any – много

few - мало

m uch – много

little - мало

many books, days, students

few years, pens, children

much air, snow, water

little milk, butter, sugar

There were many people at the meeting. На собрании было много людей.

There are few apples on the plate. На тарелке мало яблок.

Say little and do much. Говори мало, а делай много.

Местоимения much, little, many, few употребляются с определенными словами very, too, so, as, how:

He has so much work to do. У него так много работы.

I like this film very much. Мне очень нравится этот фильм.

There are very few trees in this street. На этой улице очень мало деревьев.

I have too much work to do today. У меня сегодня слишком много работы.

It’s too little information for me. Для меня слишком мало информации.

В утвердительных предложениях вместо much употребляются a lot (of), lots (of), plenty (of), a good deal (of), a great deal (of):

He does a great deal of work. Он делает много работы.

She has got plenty of time. У нее много времени.

Вместо местоимения many употребляются a lot (of), lots (of), plenty (of), a great many, a good many:

I have a lot of friends. У меня много друзей.

Lots of people visit the museum. Множество людей посещает этот музей.

Вместо местоимений little и few употребляются not much, not many:

There is not much food in the refrigerator.

В холодильнике мало еды.

There are not many interesting books on the shelf.

На полке не много интересных книг.

Местоимения a little и a few употребляются в значении «немного» в положительном смысле:

Сравните

There is a little hope. Есть небольшая надежда. He has a few friends. У него есть несколько друзей

There is little hope. Надежды мало. He has few friends. У него мало друзей.