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Exercise 24.. Exercise 25.Exercise 24. Paraphrase the following sentences using the words from the box. Few, a few, quite a few, little, a little 1. Only some pupils wrote the test. 2. A small number of people live to be 80 inRussia. 3. 1 have not much time for studying. 4. He had a considerable number of mistakes in his dictation. 5. She has got some time to prepare for the report.
Exercise 25. Translate into English using little, a little, few, a few. 1. Джим вчера попросил меня починить (repair) машину, но у меня было мало времени, и мне пришлось отказать ему. 2. Она очень застенчива (shy). У нее мало подруг. 3. В зале было довольно много людей, так как фильм был интересный, 4. У меня есть несколько книг по этой проблеме. 5, У нас нет сахара. Купи немного по дороге домой. 6. Мало кто понял, что он хочет сказать. 7. Я выпил немного кофе и смог работать до полуночи. 8. В его переводе было мало ошибок, 9. Они подошли к небольшой деревне; в ней было несколько домов. 10. У них оставалось немного времени до начала спектакля, и они решили пойти перекусить (haveabite), 11. Не думаю, что он будет хорошим врачом. У него мало терпения (patience). 12. У нас было мало денег, поэтому мы решили поехать автобусом, 18. Довольно много друзей пришли навестить его. 14. У него не хватает несколько долларов, чтобы купить эту картину. 15. Тыможешьвзятьнесколькоконфет.
Exercise 26. Fill in the blanks with how much or how many, 1. ___ sugar have you put into my cup? 2. ___ spoonsof sugar do you usually take with your tea? 3. ___homework do you get every day? 4. ___cups of coffee doyou drink a day? 5. ___coffee did you drink yesterday? 6, ___foreign languages do you speak? 7, Do you know___money he spent? 8. Tell me please___time it willtake me to get there. 9. ___times a month do you go to the theatre? 10. Do you know___people live in Moscow? 11. 1 see you are a stranger here. Let me help you. Thecustoms officer is asking___perfume you have got. 12. ___ cigarettes do you smoke a day? 13. ___oil hasbeen extracted this month? 14. ___barrels of oil did theArab Emirates sell last year? 15. ___money does it costto get there?
Exercise 27. Fill in the blanks with much, many, a lot of. 1. There are a few bananas and___apples in thefridge. 2. She put___butter in the cake. 3. Have you got___homework? — Our teacher always gives us ___homework. 4. We don't need___eggs to cook this meal. 5. He's made___progress in such a short time! 6. Are there___unemployed people in your country? 7. Thereare___oil deposits in Siberia. 8. There is___time at ourdisposal. 9. She is very sociable, that's why she has got___friends. 10. Try to call Mr. Green. He never gives___ useful advice, but you can hear ___ valuableinformation. 11. One needs___money to start a newbusiness. 12. You can't install___equipment in a small shop. 13. He doesn't want___advisors. He thinks he cansolve the problem himself. 14. Be careful with him. He'sgot___projects and desires, bat hasn't got___moneyand patience to realize them. 15. Astronomy studies___interesting phenomena.
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