8. Much ,many, (a) littlе, (a) few

много	much time
	many books

8.1. Fill in much or many.

1. Please don’t put … pepper on the meat. 2. There were … plates on the table . 3. I never eat … bread with soup. 4. Why did you eat so … ice-cream? 5. She wrote us … letters from the country. 6. … of these students don’t like to look up words in the dictionary. 7. … in this work was too difficult for me. 8. … of their answers were excellent. 9. … of their conversation was about the institute. 10. There are … new pictures in this room. 11. … of these plays are quite new. 12. Thanks awfully for the books you sent me yesterday. – Don’t mention it, it wasn’t … bother. 13 … of her advice was useful. 15. He had … pairs of socks.

8.2. Translate into English.

Много тетрадей, много молока, много воды, много дней, много газет, много мела, много снега, много лет, много картин, много музыки, много мальчиков, много девочек, много чая, много лимонов, много мяса, много комнат, много учителей, много работы, много воздуха, много птиц, много машин

мало	little time
	few books

8.3. Fill in little or few.

1. I have … time, so I can’t go with you. 2. He has … English books. 3. There is … ink in my pen. Have you got any ink? 4. There are … bears in the zoo. 5. Tom Canty was the son of poor parents and had very … clothes. 6. There is too … soup in my plate. Give me some more, please. 7. The children returned from the wood very sad because they had found very … mushrooms. 8. There was too … light in the room, and I could not read. There are very … people who don’t know that the earth is round.

8.4. Translate into English.

Мало домов, мало чая, мало чашек, мало яблок, мало окон, мало бумаги, мало кофе, мало статей, мало радости, мало супу, мало деревьев, мало травы, мало детей, мало игрушек, мало света, мало парт, мало колбасы, мало сока, мало книг, мало цветов, мало соли, мало друзей, мало дворцов.

8.5 Fill in much, many, few, little where necessary.

1. My brother is a young teacher. Every day he spends … time preparing for his lessons. 2. I know very … about this writer. It is the first book I am reading. 3. The pupils of our class ask … questions at the lesson. They want to know everything. 4. You do not make … mistakes in your spelling. Do you work hard at it? - Oh, yes, I do, I work very… . 5. Does your sister read …? – Yes, she does. And your brother? – Oh, he doesn’t. He has so … books, but he reads very… . 6. Have you … work to do today? - No, not very… . 7. Walk quicker, please. We have very … time. 8. I am sorry to say, I have read very … books by Walter Scott.

Плохо Хорошо	I have little time I have a little time	У меня мало времени У меня есть немного времени
Плохо Хорошо	I have few books I have a few books.	У меня мало книг У меня есть несколько книг

8.6. Fill in little, a little, few, a few where necessary.

1. I have … money, so we can go to the cinema. 2. I have … money, so we cannot go to the cinema. 3. This girl works very …, that’s why she knows nothing. 4. Mother gave us … apples, and we were glad. 5. The hall was almost empty: there were … people in it. 6. I can’t buy this expensive hat today: I have too … money. 7. She left and returned in … minutes.

8. I think you can spare me … time now. 8. I think you can spare me … time now. 9. I’m sorry I have seem … plays by this author. 10. He did not like it at the camp: he had very… friends there.

8.7. Translate into English.

Немного денег, мало денег, несколько стульев, мало стульев, несколько песен, мало песен, немного веселья, мало веселья, мало мальчиков, немного воды, несколько человек, мало воды, мало воздуха, мало столов, несколько минут, несколько кошек, мало травы, немного удачи, несколько дней, мало работы.

8.8 Much, many, (a) little, (a) few where necessary.

1. She gave him … water to wash his hands and face. 2. I’d like to say … words about my journey. 3. Let’s stay here … longer: it is such a nice place. 4. There was … water in the river, and they decided to cross it. 5. Have you got … ink in your pen? 6. At the conference we met … people who we knew well. 7. There are very … old houses left in our street. Most of them have already been pulled down. 8. There are … things here which I cannot understand. 9. If you have … spare time, look thorough this book. You will find … stories there which are rather interesting. 10. When we walked … father down the road, we met another group of students.