1 Fill in “ much” or “many”.. 2 Fill in the blanks with “much”, “many” or “a lot of”.. 3 Fill in “a little” or “a few”.. 4 Choose the correct item.

1 Fill in “ much” or “many”.

1 How __________ trees? 9 How _______________ eggs?

2 How _____________ children? 10 How __________ people?

3 How ______________ shops? 11 How ____________ Coke?

4 How ______________ pencils? 12 How ____________ tomatoes?

5 How ______________ beef? 13 How ______________ biscuits?

6 How ___________ poems? 14 How ______________ lamb?

7 How ____________ olive oil? 15 How ________________ flour?

8 How ______________ mustard?

2 Fill in the blanks with “much”, “many” or “a lot of”.

1 There are ______________ birds in the sky.

2 I haven’t got _____________ homework today.

3 John hasn’t got ___________ money.

4 There aren’t _______________ cars in the street.

5 There is _________________ coffee in the cup.

6 Are there _________________ apples on the tree?

7 Jane spends ____________ money at the shops.

8 Have you got ___________ bread in the cupboard?

9 Are there ___________ children on the beach?

10 We are early. We have _______________ time.

3 Fill in “a little” or “a few”.

1 put ___________________ flour 6 add __________________ baking soda

2 add ___________________ sugar 7 chop __________________ potatoes

3 slice ___________________ apples 8 boil __________________ spaghetti

4 cut _____________________ oranges 9 bake __________________ bread

5 pour _________________honey 10 add _________________ butter

4 Choose the correct item.

1 Have you got ______________ friends?

A many B much C a lot of

2 There are _________________ people in the room.

A much B a little C a lot of

3 Can I have _____________ sugar, please?

A a few B a little C a lot of

4 How _____________ oranges are on the table?

A many B a few C much

5 How _______________ money has Fred got?

6 There are _______________ monkeys at the zoo.

A much B a few C a little

7 There are ____________ chairs in the room.

A a little B much C a few

8 There is ____________ tuna in the tin.

A much B a few C a little

9 Please, buy __________ cucumbers!

A a little B many C a few

10 We don’t need ________ eggs.

A much B a little C a lot of

Упражнение 5. Вставьте в пропуски many, much, few, little по смыслу.

I was a secret, very ________ people knew about it.
She ate so ______ apple pie yesterday that she is never going to eat it again.
They ate so _____ oranges that they had a stomachache.
We can’t get into the taxi, we are too _________
They were _____ and decided not to attack.
My sister did a lot of shopping and spent ________ money.
The old man was poor. He had ______ money to live on.
I have so ________books to read that I don’t know what to start with.
Nowadays he was very busy and he saw______of his old friends.

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Упражнение 6. Вставьте в пропуски (a) few, (a) little по смыслу.

1. She earns ________ money and can’t buy expensive clothes.
2. She has earned ______ money and can buy a handbag.
3. He had very _______information on the subject and could add nothing.
4. He had ______on the subject and could add some details.
5. The child has _____ friends and he sometimes feels lonely.
6. It is good if you have _____close friends.
7. They ate _____ food and were not hungry anymore.
8. They ate _____ food and they were still hungry.
9. _____ people like him because he was a bore! (зануда)
10. The woman was glad because ____ people came to help her in the garden.

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Упражнение 7. Вставьте в пропуски much, little, a little в качестве наречия.

I lovehimvery _____.
I speakEnglish ______. (немного)
She earns _______ and can go to the restaurants every week.
She earns _______money, she can’t go to the restaurants.
_______was spoken but nobody believed it. (никто)
Say _________ (мало) but do _________(много).
Don’t talk too ____, he is very tired and needs a rest.
She slept _____ last night and had a bad headache.

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Упражнение 8. Вставьте в пропуски much, many, (a) little, (a) few по смыслу.

She ate so ______ fish yesterday that she is never going to eat fish again.
He ate so ___________ prawns that he is never going to eat a prawn again.
Could you give me _______ biscuits?
I gave him __________words of advice. Last week there was so
________rain that I couldn’t go out.
He knows _________ but the __________he knows he knows well.
She has very __________knowledge of the matter.
________people heard about the book, but _________ people read it.
I had __________ close friends here, so I feel very lonely.
I am afraid he always thinks too ___________.

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Упражнение 9. Вставьте в пропуски much, many, (a) little, (a) few по смыслу.

There isn’t ________ harm in that.
Give _______ milk to the kitten, please?
_____ was said but there are still ______things I should like to add.
Susan returned to the city at the moment when______were leaving it.
I have so______things to do that I don’t know which to do first.
I suggested that he should get______ wine and some bread.
I began to miss London very _____
The cat has eaten so______that it can’t move.
______wassaid (было сказано) but______ wasdone (было сделано).
_____ heard about the book, but______read it.

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Упражнение 10. Переведите на английский язык.

В бутылке есть немного кока-колы.
У нее мало одежды.
Кто из них переводит много статей с русского на английский?
Сколько иностранных языков вы собираетесь учить?
Извините, у меня мало времени, и я не могу долго разговаривать с вами.
Мы будем обедать через несколько минут. 9. В комнате много света. 10. Вы пригласили много гостей?
Ты знаешь много французских слов?
У вас много бумаги. Дайте мне немного, пожалуйста.

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Упражнение 11. Переведите на английский язык.

У нас сегодня было много посетителей.
Он зарабатывал мало денег и не мог жить в большом городе.
Мама дала мне много поручений (thingstodo), но я смог выполнить только несколько.
Я прочел много книг по этому вопросу.
Сейчас в школе мало детей, сейчас каникулы.
По воскресеньям в парке много людей.
У вас сегодня много или мало работы?
В субботу в магазинах много народа.