Указатели количества many, much, (a) few, (a) little. Упражнения (intermediate)

Здравствуйте! Я надеюсь, вы помните, как использовать местоимения much, many, few, little, a few, a little с английскими существительными. В этом уроке мы заканчиваем изучать эти указатели количества. Упражнения ниже помогут вам закрепить весь материал и разобраться, чем все-таки местоимения few, little отличаются от a few, a little.

Указатели количества Many, much, (a) few, (a) little . Упражнения (уровень intermediate)

Упражнение 1. Вставьте в пропуски many, much,  few, little по смыслу.
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I can rest today, I have few things to do. (мало)
I am very busy today, I have many things to do. (много)

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

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Упражнение 2. 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 ______information 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 3. Вставьте в пропуски much, little, a little в качестве наречия.

1. I love him very _____.
2. I speak English ______. (немного)
3. She earns ______ and can go to the restaurants every week.
4. She earns ______ , she can’t go to the restaurants.
5. _______was spoken but nobody believed it. (никто)
6. Say _________ (мало) but do _________(много).
7. Don’t talk too ____, he is very tired and needs a rest.
8. She slept _____ last night and had a bad headache.

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Упражнение 4. Вставьте в пропуски much, many, (a) little, (a) few по смыслу.

1. She ate so ______  fish yesterday that she is never going to eat fish again.
2. He ate so ___________ prawns that he is never going to eat a prawn again.
3. Could you give me _______ biscuits?
4. Would you like to have _____ juice?
5. I gave him __________words of advice.
6. Last week there was so ________ rain that I couldn’t go out.
7. He knows _________ but the __________he knows he knows well.
8. She has very __________knowledge of the matter.
9. I am afraid he always thinks too ___________.
10. How _____ progress has he made?

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

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

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Упражнение 6. Переведите на английский язык.          

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

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Упражнение 7. Переведите на английский язык.          

1. У нас сегодня было много посетителей.
2. Он зарабатывал мало денег и не мог жить в большом городе.
3. Мама дала мне много поручений (things to do), но я смог выполнить только несколько.
4. Я прочел много книг по этому вопросу.
5. Сейчас в школе мало детей, сейчас каникулы.
6. По воскресеньям в парке много людей.
7. У вас сегодня много или мало работы?
8. Летом в центре города много туристов.

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