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Many, much, few, a few, little, a little, a lot of, plenty of

Местоимения many, much употребляются со значением много, many с исчисляемыми, a much с неисчисляемыми существительными.

Many и much употребляются, главным образом, в вопросительных и отрицательных предложениях. E. g. Have you got many books in your library? В вашей библиотеке много книг? There isn't much bread on the plate. На тарелке мало хлеба.

В утвердительных предложениях они чаще всего определяются словами very (очень), too (слишком), so (так). E. g. There is too much sugar in my tea. В моем чае слишком много саxapa. There are so many people here. Здесь так много людей. She has got very many German books. У нее очень много книг на немецком языке.

В утвердительных предложениях, как правило, вместо much и many употребляются a lot of, plenty of. E. g. There are a lot of people in the street. На улице много народа. There is a lot of butter in the fridge. В холодильнике много масла.

Местоимения little, few обозначают мало в смысле нехватки, недостаточности количества, little с неисчисляемыми, a few с исчисляемыми существительными. Местоимения little, few употребляются в утвердительных предложениях главным образом с определяющими словами very, too, so. В остальных случаях они обычно заменяются на not much, not many. E. g. I have so little time. У меня так мало времени. There aren't many French books in our library. В нашей библиотеке мало французских книг.

В отличие от few и little местоимения a few, a little обозначают немного, но достаточно. E. g. There are few (a few) flowers in my garden. В моем саду почти нет (небольшое количество) цветов. He has few (a few) friends. У него почти нет (есть несколько) друзей.

Exercises

  1. Choose between much and many, (a) little and (a) few to use in the following sentences:

1. He is a man of … words. 2. He has very … knowledge of the matter. 3. I suggested that he should get … plums and some bread. 4. At the bar … men were discussing the coming elections in loud barking tones. 5. I have so … things to do that I don't know which to do first. 6. Aunt Florrie had … money while none of the other family had inherited as … as a pound. 7. Very … people know about it. 8. My sister spends so … money on her clothes that she has none left for holidays. 9. I began to miss London: it was not so … that I had … close friends there, for I have … friends, but I missed variety. 10. Tom has eaten so … that he can't move. 11. Say … and do … . 12. Adeline had slept … last night and she had a headache. 13. She was glad to see me because I was English and she knew … English people. 14. He knew he was not a good teacher, and he intended to do … of that. 15. … heard about the book, but … read it. 16. Nowadays he was very busy and he saw … of his old friends. 17. Virginia returned to England at the moment when … were leaving it.

  1. Make the following sentences affirmative and replace many and much by suitable expressions:

1. Is there much water in the kettle? 2. Mary hasn't got much work to do today. 3. I drove along the edge of the sea. There were not many people about. 4. Do you have much time this week? 5. There isn't much I can do to help you. 6. Dick doesn't smoke much. 7. There isn't much time to catch the train. 8. I didn't get much to eat when I had dinner with the Greens. 9. I haven't much time for watching TV. 10. There isn't much snow in Moscow this winter.