Question

Вставьте much, many, little, few, a little или a few.


1. When we walked ... farther down the road, we met another group of students. 2. Have you got ... money on you? — I’m sorry. I have very ... money at the moment. 3. At the conference we met ... peo¬ple whom we knew well. 4. There are very ... old houses left in our street. Most of them have already been pulled down. 5. If you have ... spare time, look through this book. You will find ... stories there which are rather interesting. 6. There are ... things here which I cannot understand. 7. Shall I bring ... more chalk? — No, thank you. There is ... chalk on the desk. I hope that will be enough for our lesson. 8. He had ... English books at home, so he had to go to the library for more books-. 9. She gave him ... water to wash his hands and face. 10. I’d like to say ... words about my journey. 11. After the play everybody felt... tired. 12. Let’s stay here ... longer: it is such a nice place. 13. Were there ... new words in the text? Did Peter spend ... time learning them? 14. There was not ... hay in the barn, and the chil¬dren could play there. 15. My friend is going to the concert this evening because he hasn’t got... work to do. 16. My mother knows German ... and she can help you with the translation of this letter. 17. He’s got very ... time left. If he doesn’t hurry up, he’ll miss the plane. 18.I have very ... drinking water left.

Answer 1

1 a little  2much, little  3a few  4few  5a little, many  6many(можно a few)           7a little, much  8few  9a little  10a few  11a little  12little  13many, much  14much  15much  16a little  17little  18little

Answer 2

1. When we walked a little farther down the road, we met another group of students.
2. Have you got much money on you? — I’m sorry. I have very little money at the moment.
3. At the conference we met few people whom we knew well.
4. There are very few old houses left in our street. Most of them have already been pulled down.
5. If you have a little spare time, look through this book. You will find a few stories there which are rather interesting.
6. There are many things here which I cannot understand.
7. Shall I bring much more chalk? — No, thank you. There is a little chalk on the desk. I hope that will be enough for our lesson.
8. He had few English books at home, so he had to go to the library for more books-.
9. She gave him a little water to wash his hands and face.
10. I’d like to say a few words about my journey.
11. After the play everybody felt a little tired.
12. Let’s stay here a little longer: it is such a nice place.
13. Were there many new words in the text? Did Peter spend much time learning them?
14. There was not much hay in the barn, and the children could play there.
15. My friend is going to the concert this evening because he hasn’t got much work to do.
16. My mother knows German a little and she can help you with the translation of this letter.
17. He’s got very little time left. If he doesn’t hurry up, he’ll miss the plane. 18.I have very little drinking water left.