Write in plurals (поставьте следующие существительные во множественное число)

a. diary –

b. sheep –

c. book –

d. cherry –

e. fish –

f. baby –

g. key

h. match –

i. bus –

j. watch –

What are these irregular plurals (напишите во множественном числе существительные исключения)

a. woman –

b. mouse –

c. tooth –

d. foot –

e. man –

f. child –

g. goose –

h. ox –

Write in singular (поставьте следующие существительные в единственное число)

a. glasses –

b. potatoes –

c. forget-me-nots –

d. crises –

e. stimuli –

f. foxes –

g. brushes –

h. brothers-in-law –

i. phenomena –

j. formulae –

4. Find ten plural words (найдите 10 слов во множественном числе)

J	O	P	F	T	U	Y	K	L	Q
R	G	E	G	O	I	P	F	E	D
E	F	N	F	G	H	J	I	P	W
F	A	C	E	S	M	N	S	O	O
A	Y	I	A	D	C	V	H	F	M
M	T	L	F	E	E	T	Q	L	E
I	P	S	T	I	M	U	L	I	N
L	O	B	O	O	E	I	A	E	I
I	M	N	Y	L	N	L	S	S	U
E	B	L	M	P	K	R	D	Z	P
S	G	I	R	L	S	W	X	B	M

Much, many
Местоимения much [mʌtʃ], many ['menɪ] (много) могут выполнять функцию определителя к существительному или употребляться вместо существительного.

Much употребляется только с неисчисляемыми существительными или вместо неисчисляемых существительных:

· How much time do you need? - Сколько времени тебе нужно?

· Much depends on what answer he will give. - Многое зависит от того, какой он даст ответ.

· Much of what has been planned is done. - Многое из того, что запланировано - сделано.

· Much of the snow has already melted. - Много этого снега уже растаяло.

Местоимение many употребляется только с исчисляемыми существительными или вместо исчисляемых существительных:

· Do you have many friends? - У тебя много друзей?

· Many of them were late. - Многие из них опоздали.

· Many think that the situation will improve. - Многие думают, что ситуация улучшится.

· Not many knew about it. - Не многие знали об этом.

Few, a few, little, a little
Few и a few употребляются исключительно с исчисляемыми существительными, little и a little – с неисчисляемыми. Few и little означают ‘мало’, то есть недостаточно. A few и a little – ‘немного’, но достаточно. Таким образом, получаем:

Few + исчисляемое существительное = мало …, недостаточно …

A few + исчисляемое существительное = несколько …., достаточно ….

Little + неисчисляемое существительное = мало …, недостаточно …

A little + неисчисляемое существительное = немного …., достаточно ….

Few hours– мало часов

Few friends– мало друзей

Few cars– мало машин

A few apples– несколько яблок

A few chairs– несколько табуреток

A few men – несколько человек

Little honey – мало меда

Little sugar – мало сахара

Little love – мало любви

A little water – немного воды

A little warmth – немного тепла

A little time – немного времени

1. 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.

Insert much or many.

1. I don’t eat ... mangoes. 2. Не does not eat ... fish. 3. She ate so ... dessert that she is in bed today with a stomachache. 4. That man drank so ... wine, and he smoked so ... cigarettes that he has a terrible headache today. 5. Маrу must not eat too ... food because she has a weight problem. 6. My mot he says I eat too ... French fries and drink too ... beer She wants me to be healthy. 7. There is not too .. space in my flat. 8. There are not ... pictures in this room. 9. There are so ... teachers at our school, but not... of them are men. 10. Not... of these books are new. 11. Thanks awfully for the books you sent m yesterday. — Don’t mention it, it wasn’t ... bother. 12. ... of her advice was not useful at all. 13. He ha got so ...pairs of socks. 14. Please don’t put ... pep per on the meat. 15. There were too ... plates on the table. 16.1 never eat... bread with soup. 17. Why did you eat so ... ice cream? 18. She wrote us not very ... letters from the country. 19. ... of these student don’t like to look up words in the dictionary. 20. E you drink ... coffee? — Yes, a lot. Do you watch TV ...? — No, not... . 21. Not... of the answers were correct. 22. How ... money did you spend last Friday 23. The students enjoyed the concert very... .

Translate into English the following pairs of words.

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.

Fill in little or few.

1. He has got ... friends. 2. I drink ... coffee. I don’t like it. 3. We must hurry. We’ve got very ... time. 4. This university offers very ... scholar ­ships. 5. The Smiths have ... money. They aren’t rich. 6. The theatre was almost empty. There were very ... people there. 7. There was ... lemo­nade in the bottle. There were ... peaches in the basket. 8. I have ... time, so I can’t go with you.9. He has ... English books. 10. There is ... juice in my glass. Have you got any juice? 11. There are ... bears in the zoo. 12. Tom Canty was the son of poor parents and had very ... clothes. 13. There is too ... soup in my soup plate. Give me some more, please. 14.The children returned from the wood very sad because they had found very ... mushrooms. 15. There was too ... light in the room, and I could not read. 16. There are very ... people who don’t know that the Earth is round. 17.1 made very ... progress on this assignment. 18. There is very ... hope of getting financial support for the research project. 19. Fortunately, very ... passengers were injured in a traffic accident.