Fill in much, many, little or few.

1. Robert wrote so ... letters that he’s never go­ing to write a letter again. 2. She ate so ... ice cream that she’s going to have a sore throat. 3. His father didn’t earn ... money, but he enjoyed his job. He loved teaching English very ... . 4. There are ... cookies in the box. I should have bought them last Monday. 5. Does your sister read ... ? — Yes, she does. And your brother? — Oh, he doesn’t. He has so ... books, but he reads very ... . 6. Do you have ... work to d 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. 9. My brother is a young teacher. Everyday he spends too ... time preparing for his lessons. 10. I know very ... about this writer. I is the first book I am reading. 11. The pupils of our class ask so ... questions at the lesson. They want t know everything. 12. You do not make ... mistakes ' your spelling. Do you work hard on it? — Oh, yes, I do I work very ... . 13. He is lazy. He’s done very ... today. 14. Very ... people can afford to own a plane. 15.The is ... traffic on the roads this morning. I’m so glad.

Translate into English the following pairs of words.

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, немного соли, несколько ложек, мало све­та, мало окон, несколько машин, немного сахару, мало яиц, мало сыра.

Fill in a little or a few.

1. There is ... milk in the bottle. 2. There are ... pears in the fruit bowl. 3. There is ... fruit salad in the salad bowl. 4. There are ... tomatoes on the kitchen table. Make a salad! Add ... drops of olive oil and ... salt to the salad. 5. Put ... cups of flour into a mixing bowl. 6. Slice ... apples. 7. Add ... sugar. 8. Cut up ... oranges. 9. Chop up ... nuts. 10. Pour in ... honey. 11. Mix in ... raisins. 12. Add ... baking soda. 13. Add ... eggs, ... vanilla and ... almonds and beat thoroughly. 14. Bake until brown and the fruit­cake will be ready in ... minutes. Enjoy, dear! 15. This young man knows ... Russian. 16. Can’t you stay ... longer and help me with my exam? 17. He’s already been to the USA ... times. 18. Do you mind if I ask you ... questions? — Yes, please. I’ve got... time now and I can talk to you. 19. John has got only ... close friends and they meet quite often. 20. They had ... money left, so they could go shopping. 21. I always come on time or early, but she is always ... late.

Fill in little, a little, few or a few.

1. There is ... salad left in this bowl. 2. Would you like ... salad? — Yes, thank you. My doctor says it’s good for my health. 3.1 have ... money, so we can go to the cinema. 4. I have ... money, so we cannot go to the cinema. 5. This girl works very ..., that’s why she knows nothing. 6. Mother gave us ... apples, and we were glad. 7. He did not like it at the camp: he had very ... friends there. 8. This lemon drink is sour; if you put ... sugar in it, it will be sweeter. 9. This lemon drink is sour; if you put ... lumps of sugar in it, it will be sweeter. 10. The hall was almost empty: there were very ... people in it. 11. I can’t buy this expensive hat today: I have too ... money. 12. She left and returned in ... minutes. 13.1 think you can spare me ... time now. 14. I am sorry I have seen ... plays by this author.

Fill in much, many, little, few, a little or 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 ... peo­ple 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 chil­dren 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.

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