ADVERBS much, many, little, few, a little, a few
Many Much Little Few A little A few | |
багато
мало(майже немає)
трохи (але ж таки є)
MANY MUCH
Із злічуваними іменниками
many students
many computers
many opportunities
many decisions
many researches
З незлічуваними іменниками
much time
much water
much snow
much money
much of an animal
A lot of is also possible: a lot of money/a lot of people
A lot of is more usual in positive sentences
many/much are more usual in questions and negatives
Do the exercise
Put in much or many:
1. Do you drink ________ tea?
2. There isn’t _________ milk in the fridge.
3. How ________ foreign languages do you know?
4. It costs ______ money to travel round the world.
5. They didn’t ask me _______ questions.
6. Please be quick. I haven’t got _________ time.
7. Most of the town is modern – there aren’t ______
old buildings.
Put in much or many:
1. Do you drink ________ tea?
2. There isn’t _________ milk in the fridge.
3. How ________ foreign languages do you know?
4. It costs ______ money to travel round the world.
5. They didn’t ask me _______ questions.
6. Please be quick. I haven’t got _________ time.
7. Most of the town is modern – there aren’t ______
old buildings.
FEW LITTLE
Із злічуваними іменниками
few people
very few mistakes
few friends
few questions
few books
З незлічуваними іменниками
little food
she eats very little
little money
little time
so little snow fell
A FEW A LITTLE
Із злічуваними іменниками
a few people
a few mistakes
a few friends
a few questions
a few books
З незлічуваними іменниками
a little food
a little money
a little time
a little snow
a little English
Do the exercise
Put in little/a little or few/a few:
1. There was _________ food in the fridge. It was nearly empty.
2. He’s very lazy. He does _________ work.
3. They’re not rich but they’ve got _________ money – enough to live.
4. Last night I went to the restaurant with ___________ friends.
5. The TV service is not very good. There are ________ good programs.
6. I can’t decide now – I need ___________ time to think about it.
7. Nearly everybody has a job. There is ___________ unemployment.
8. He’s not well-known. _________ people have read of him.
SOME EXCEPTIONS
a large amount of
considerable amount of
substantial amount of
a large number of
a great number of
far too many/far too much
plenty of (instead of a lot of/lots of)