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EXERCISES ON QUANTIFIERS: MANY, MUCH
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- Exercise 1. Match to make sentences.
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A LOT OF/LOTS OF, A FEW, A LITTLE, FEW, LITTLE Study the fo lowing: Quantifier Use Examples many - countable nouns, usually in negative statements and questions There aren’t many programmes on TV that I find interesting. much - uncountable nouns, usually in negative statements and questions I never showed much interest in the news. a lot o f / lots of - countable and uncountable nouns in positive statements 4’hat film has won a lot of / lots of awards. What a lot of luggage you have got! a few - countable nouns, means ‘some’ There have been a few scandals in the papers recently. a little - uncountable nouns, means ‘some’ They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. few - countable nouns, means ‘not many’ Richard has few interests outside work. little - uncountable nouns, means ‘not much' The police have little information about the robbery. only a few - means ‘not m any’ There are only a fewr programmes on TV that I like watching. only a little - means ‘not much’ There is only a little sugar left, so get some w'hen you go out. Exercise 1. Match to make sentences. 1 .1 am quite busy so I have got a. a little time to talk to you now 2. Happily, we have had b. a few people recycle their rubbish 3. My friend just got a good job so he has c. a few complaints from hotel guests recently 4. Pollution is improving now that d. little money for luxuries 5. My friend has lost his job so he has e. few people recycle their rubbish 6. My lesson has been cancelled so I have got f. very few complaints from hotel guests recently 7. It’s shame that g. a little money for luxuries 8. Unfortunately, we have had h. very little time to talk to you now 7 Exercise 2. C hange the following sentences by using ‘m uch, m an y ’ instead of ‘a lot o f . 1. There are a lot o f new words in lesson 10. 2. Mr. West spends a lot o f money on books. 3. Mr. Black has a lot o f work to do. 4. A lot o f people spend their vacation at the seaside. 5. Mr. Wimble has a lot o f trouble with his car. 6. My friend paid a lot o f money for this computer. 7. She spends a lot o f time on her English. 8. He has gained in a lot o f experience working at the research laboratory. 9. There are a lot o f encyclopedias and reference books in the University reading room. 10. Don’t worry. You have a lot o f time to think it over. 11. Our research laboratory has implemented a lot o f new projects this year. 12. There are a lot o f current periodicals and back files in the University library. You can use any o f them. Exercise 3. Choose th e c o rrect w ord: few, a few, little, a little. 1. If you h a v e __ time at the end o f the exam, check your answers. 2. Give m e ___ minutes and I’ll be ready. 3. We have only got ___ milk left, so get some when you go shopping. 4. Just _ practice every day and you’ll soon be able to play the piano. 5. We were disappointed th a t___ o f the members came to the youth club party. 6. Sprinkle___ sugar on the strawberries. 7. I suppose now when I am 4 3 ,1 h a v e ___ hope o f playing football for England. 8. Could you help me with _ exercises I don’t understand? 9. Becoming an astronaut is so demanding th a t___ people manage it. 10. I’ll meet you in h alf an hour - I have got ___ e-mails to write first. 11. Many people feel there i s point in voting, even in a general election. Exercise 4. C om plete the second sentence using the w ord given, so th a t it has a sim ilar m eaning to the first sentence. In som e sentences no additional w ords are given. W rite between two and five w ords in each gap. 1. Not many people came to the party, (only) - T h ere ___people at the party. 2. There aren’t many good films out at the moment, (only) - T h e r e ___ good films out at the moment. 3 . 1 didn’t eat much dessert because I am on a diet, (only) - 1___ dessert because I am on a diet. 4. There isn’t much sugar left, (a) - T h ere___ sugar left. 5. You have lots o f hats! (lots) - W h at___ you have! 6 . 1 haven’t much money with me today. - 1 have g o t___ money with me today. 7. Not many people like to have their vacations in winter. - ___people like to have their vacation in winter. 8. At the conference I met some people who I knew well. - At the conference I m e t___ people who I knew well. 9. He had few English books at home, so he had to go to the library for more books. - He didn’t h a v e ___ English books at home, so he had to go to the library for more books. 10. One can find a lot o f interesting information in Internet. - One can find ___ interesting information in Internet. Exercise 5. Com plete th e sentences choosing the rig h t q u an tifier: few, a few, quite a few, fewer, the fewest, m any o r little, a little, quite a little, less, (the) least, m uch. M ind that uncountable nouns are always singular and are not normally used with a/an. Some nouns which are countable in Russian are uncountable in English. Here are some o f them: жүктеу/скачать 7,88 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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