К таблицам 4.2-4.4: some, any, no и их производные

Задание 1. Заполните пропуски местоимениями SOME или ANY.

a. 1. There are ____ photographs in the cupboard. 2. Here are ____ lines from a poem by Wordsworth. 3. There aren’t ____ good films on this week. 4. Don’t take ____ tablets this evening. 5. They’re building ____ new houses in the next street. 6. I don’t have ____ clean shirts. 7. Please buy ____ stamps for me on your way to work. 8. I met ____ old friends at the station yesterday. 9. I won’t leave ____ windows open tonight. 10. She hasn’t written ____ interesting books recently.

b. 1. We wanted to make ____ sandwiches but we found we hadn’t got ____ bread. 2. I left ____ meat on the table and the dog ate it while I was out. 3. He got out his pen to sign the cheque but there wasn’t ____ ink in it. 4. Please fetch me ____ dry wood to get the fire started. 5. The expansion plans sounded wonderful, but unfortunately the company didn’t have ____ money to pay for them. 6. Don’t leave ____ food in the fridge when you go away on holiday. 7. At the concert last night they played ____ music I had never heard before. 8. To try to save money, the firm bought ____ secondhand machinery at a sale. 9. You haven’t done ____ work so you can’t expert ____ pay. 10. ____ French wine is quite sweet.

c. 1. Let me give you ____ advice about learning a language. 2. Try to do ____ studying every day. 3. Even when you think you don’t have ____ time, try and find ten minutes, and learn ____ words. 4. ____ people think that learning a language is something we can do without ____ difficulty. 5. We know that there isn’t ____ truth in that idea. 6. You have to do ____ hard work, or you won’t make ____ progress. 7. With the linguaphone course we’ve tried to make even the hard work enjoyable. 8. So you won’t forget ____ of the exercises, will you?

d. 1. I see … bread. Why haven’t you bought …, Nick? – I had … time to do it. 2. Have … soup, Helen. – No, thank you. I had … soup at dinner. I don’t want … more. 3. Were there … mistakes in your paper? – Yes, there were…. (No, there weren’t ….). 4. Will there be … concert after the meeting? – No, there won’t be … concert. 5. Why didn’t they give us … postcards to send?

Задание 2. Выберите правильный вариант.

For example:

I’d like some/any tea please.

1. I’m sorry, Sir, but we haven’t got any/no fish. 2. Natalya ate some toasts/toast but I didn’t have any. 3. There’s/There are some cheese on the table. 4. I didn’t give Fiona an/any apple. 5. We had some/any hot chocolate last night before we went to bed. 6. They didn’t see some/any bread in the market. 7. Oh dear, there’s no/any milk. 8. I haven’t got some/any money for new clothes.

Many, much, few, little

Задание 1. Вставьте MUCH или MANY в следующих предложениях.

1. … people want to study foreign languages. 2. It’s not good to drink … water. 3. There was not … rain last month. 4. How … money did pay for your watch? How … did you pay for your coat? 5. How … time does it take you to get to the university? 6. How … times did you go to the seaside last year.

Задание 2. Заполните пропуски, употребляя little, a little, few, a few.

1. There is ... smoke in the room. 2. Give me ... sheets of paper. 3. I see ... clouds in the sky. 4. She needs ... new dresses. 5. There is ... gas in the kitchen. 6. There are ... beautiful streets in our town. 7. For dessert I usually take ... apples. 8. There are ... bridges across the river. 9. I have ... trouble with my spelling. 10. I want to drink ... water. 11. Only ... pupils know how to do it. 12. My brother has ... English books. 13. You eat ... bread, don't you?

Задание 2. Составьте предложения, используя оборот «there is/are». Добавьте much/many в значении «много».

1. (cakes / on the dish) – There are many cakes on the dish.

2. (milk / in the cup) –

3. (apples / on the apple-tree) –

4. (jam / on the saucer) –

5. (water / in the kettle) –

6. (knives and forks / on the table) –