Traffic houses people news

much             little a lot of

many  few             several a lot of

                                                                                           

Ex 2. Make up plural forms of the following nouns using many or much.

 

client coffee partner work hour oil money

magazine question email advice time colleague traffic

Ex 3. Make up plural forms of the following nouns using little or few.

 

book water club wine hotel snow news

money company clothes people knowledge job petrol

Ex 4. Complete the sentences with much, many, a lot of.

1. He has got _____ friends.

2. Have you got _____ friends?

3. He has got _____ interesting ideas.

4. She has got so _____ designer clothes!

5. We don't have _____ information about him.

6. Is there _____ snow in the street?

7. How _____ time do your business meetings usually last?

8. There weren't _____ people at the party.

9. There are _____ magazines on the table.

10. We don't have _____ work to do today.

11. They spend very _____ money.

12. There are _____ mistakes in the letter.

13. There are as _____ mistakes in your test as in his.

14. We get _____ orders from our foreign clients this year.

15. There were so _____ people in the hall, that it was difficult to push through.

16. Do you have _____ homework to do?

17. There is too _____ furniture in the office.

18. How _____ appointments do you have on Friday?

Ex 5. Complete the sentences with little / a little / few / a few.

 

1. She’s lucky. She has ______________ problems.

2. Things are not going so well for her. She has ______________ problems.

3. He spoke ______________ English, so it was difficult to communicate with him.

4. He spoke ______________ English, so we were able to communicate with him.

5. We must hurry. We have ______________ time.

6. Listen carefully. I’m going to give you ______________ advice.

7. Do you mind if I ask you ______________ questions?

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

9. I don’t think Jill would be a good teacher. She’s got ______________ patience.

10. Would you like milk in your coffee? – Yes, please. ______________.

 

Ex 6. Complete the sentences with little / a little / few / a few.

 

1. I don’t know much Spanish – only ______________ words.

2. This is a very boring place to live. There’s ______________ to do.

3. Have you ever been to Paris? – Yes, I’ve been there ______________ times.

4. We must be quick. We’ve got only ______________ time.

5. Could you possibly lend me ______________ dollars?

6. I can’t give you any answer yet. I need ______________ time to think.

7. There was very ______________ traffic, so the journey didn’t take too long.

8. It was a surprise that he won the match. ______________ people expected him to win.

9. The village was very small. There were just ______________ houses.

10. We didn’t have many calls at the office that day – as ______________ as usual.

Ex 7. Underline the expressions which can be used

 

1. The teacher gave us several / a lot of / many / too much / a few homework to do.

2. You’ve got some / a lot of / both / plenty of / many beautiful furniture.

3. Can you lend me a few / some / a lot of / a couple of / a little money?

4. Jane likes both / a couple of / too much / a little / someof your paintings.

5. Have you had a lot of / plenty of / both / a little / too much letters from Suzie?

6. Everyone can do with some / a little / both / a good deal of / several peace and quiet at times.

7. There are a little / a number of / several / a small amount of / no Asian people living in our street.

8. There are much / no / a small amount of / hardly any / lots of people in the shop.

9. He spent a couple of / much / lots of / a good deal of / a few time reorganizing his files.

10. The children ate a good deal of / too much / a few / a good number of / a little food at the party.

Ex 8. Make up as many sentences as possible

 

I We Our team There She My boss

(have) (be) (get)

not much so many a great deal of a great number of a great amount of plenty of a few a little a couple of

problems work clothes money books research information pictures data

in her suitcase in my presentation with / in our project into this problem on the wall in his work in this article in her job

 

Ex 9. Translate into English:

 

1. очень много ошибок __________________________________

2. всего несколько дней ____________________________________

3. огромное количество книг ________________________________

4. так много денег _________________________________________

5. слишком много одежды __________________________________

6. очень мало ошибок ______________________________________

7. лишь несколько слов _____________________________________

8. еще несколько раз _______________________________________

9. огромное количество советов ______________________________

10. мало надежды ___________________________________________

11. немногие компании ______________________________________

12. пару лет ________________________________________________

Unit 2