Greetings, my dears!

There is an opinion that the Russian language is the richest language with an immense number of beautiful words! .. But how can one agree with him when in Russian there is only one word that expresses a large number - “a lot”, and in English there are already such words as many as three! (In fact, there are more of them - these are just the main ones ...).

Of course, I will not start a debate about the beauty of the language here - and it is so clear that each language is magnificent in its own way! And here "Rule many many" and a few other words that we use to express quantity, I will break it down for you today so that you don’t even think to get confused and make mistakes! You are ready? I'm already...

Let's start with a table that will clearly show you the difference. And let's finish with the exercises - without them, your fresh knowledge will fly into the water pipe - about the same as an earring that accidentally falls there) flies away)).

I think the table makes sense. Now I will explain verbally and in more detail.

• Much / a little / little (a lot / a little / a little)

The words Much/a little/little are used only with nouns that cannot be counted, that is, with uncountable nouns. Much means a lot something - much sugar (a lot of sugar), much water (a lot of water), much money (a lot of money). Little - on the contrary - very little something - little sugar (very little sugar), little water (little water), little money (little money). A little means "little", this is a cross between much and little - a little sugar (a little sugar), a little water (a little water), a little money (a little money).

• Many / a few / few (a lot / a few / few)

The words Many/a few/few are used only with nouns that can be counted, i.e. countable nouns. Many means a lot something - many books (many books), many friends (many friends), many thoughts (many thoughts). Few - on the contrary - very little something - few books (very few books), few friends (few friends), few thoughts (few thoughts). A few means "several", this is a cross between many and few - a few books (several books), a few friends (several friends), a few thoughts (several thoughts).

• A lot of (many)

A lot of can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns, which is very convenient. A lot of often replaces much and many in affirmative sentences, while in negatives and questions it is more appropriate to use much and many.

Do you have much time?

No, I don't have much time. or - Yes, I have a lot of time.

By the way, there are several "thin places" where students very often make mistakes. We read and remember!

!Many people! ( not much)

many clothes! ( not much)

Much money! ( not many)

many fruits s! or !Much fruit!

And now, as I promised, tasks with answers at the end

Exercise 1. Insert much or many instead of dots

1. Have you found … information about this company?
2. They spent … money in a shop yesterday.
3. There are so … places in the world that I'd like to visit.
4. … people nowadays use bicycles instead of cars to go to work.
5. “You’ve put too … salt in the soup, I can’t eat it!”
6. “Don’t buy … food in the supermarket, we are going out tonight.”

Exercise 2. Translate the sentences into English using much, many, a little, a few, little, few, a lot of

1. I don't have many friends in this part of town.
2. The teacher said so many words, but I did not understand anything.
3. He asked the waiter to bring some water.
4. In autumn, many birds fly south.
5. She doesn't like having too much sugar in her tea.
6. “There is absolutely no room in the closet! You have so many clothes!”

I hope you didn't make any mistakes. few!

Well, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask - I will definitely answer them!

Answers

Exercise 1.

Exercise 2.

1. I have few friends in this part of the city.
2. A teacher said so many words but I understood nothing.
3. He asked a waiter to bring a little water.
4. In autumn many birds fly to the south.
5. She doesn't like it when there is too much sugar in tea.
6. “There is no place in a wardrobe! You've got so many clothes!”

Hello! I hope you remember with English nouns. In this lesson, we finish our study of these quantity indicators. The exercises below will help you consolidate all the material and figure out what all the same pronouns are. few, little differ from a few and a little.

Let's remember what to use
much with uncountable, and many with countable nouns in the meaning of "many";
likewise little/few in the meaning of "little, not enough",
likewise a little / a few in a positive sense in the meaning of "a little",
much/a lot/little after the verb as adverbs.

Number indicators Many, much, (a) few, (a) little . Advanced Exercises (Level 3)

Exercise 1. Paste in the blanks many, much, few, few within the meaning of.
EXAMPLE
I can rest today, I have few things to do. (few)
I am very busy today, I have many things to do. (lot)

1. It was not a secret, very _______ people knew about it.
2. I was a secret, very _______ people knew about it.
3. She ate so ______ apple pie yesterday that she is never going to eat it again.
4. They ate so _____ oranges that they had a stomachache.
5. We can't get into the taxi, we are too _________
6. They were _____ and decided not to attack.
7. My sister did a lot of shopping and spent ________ money.
8. The old man was poor. He had ______ money to live on.
9. I have so ________books to read that I don't know what to start with.
10. Nowadays he was very busy and he saw______of his old friends.

COMPARE few (little) means little (not enough) while a few (a little) means Little.

EXAMPLE
She has a little free time and can have a rest. - She has Little time and she can rest.
She has little free time. She is always very busy. - She has few free time. She is always very busy.

Exercise 2. Paste in the blanks (a) few, (a) few within the meaning of.

1. She earns _______ money and can't buy expensive clothes.
2. She has earned ______ money and can buy a handbag.
3. He had very _______information on the subject and could add nothing.
4. He had ______on the subject and could add some details.
5. The child has _____ friends and he sometimes feels lonely.
6. It is good if you have _____close friends.
7. They ate _____ food and were not hungry anymore.
8. They ate _____ food and they were still hungry.
9. _____ people like him because he was a bore! (nerd)
10. The woman was glad because ____ people came to help her in the garden.

Exercise 3 Paste in the blanks much, little, a little as an adverb.

1. I love him very _____.
2. I speak English ______. (Little)
3. She earns _______ and can go to the restaurants every week.
4. She earns _______money, she can't go to the restaurants.
5. _______was spoken but nobody believed it. (none)
6. Say _________ (little) but do _________ (a lot).
7. Don't talk too ____, he is very tired and needs a rest.
8. She slept _____ last night and had a bad headache.

Exercise 4 Fill in the gaps to make sense.

1. She ate so ______ fish yesterday that she is never going to eat fish again.
2. He ate so ___________ prawns that he is never going to eat a prawn again.
3. Could you give me _______ biscuits?
4. I gave him __________words of advice.Last week there was so
5. ________rain that I couldn't go out.
6. He knows _________ but the __________he knows he knows well.
7. She has very __________knowledge of the matter.
8. _________ people heard about the book, but _________ people read it.
9. I had __________ close friends here, so I feel very lonely.
10. I am afraid he always thinks too ___________.

Exercise 5 Paste in the blanks much, many, (a) little, (a) few within the meaning of.

1. There isn't ________ harm in that.
2. Give _______ milk to the kitten, please?
3. _____ was said but there are still ______things I should like to add.
4. Susan returned to the city at the moment when______were leaving it.
5. I have so______things to do that I don't know which to do first.
6. I suggested that he should get______ wine and some bread.
7. I began to miss London very _____
8. The cat has eaten so______that it can't move.
9. ______was said (it was said) but______ was done (it was done).
10. _____ heard about the book, but______read it.

An exercise6.

1. There is some Coke in the bottle.
2. She has few clothes.
3. Which of them translates many articles from Russian into English?
4. How many foreign languages ​​are you going to learn?
5. Sorry, I don't have much time and I can't talk to you for a long time.
6. We'll be having lunch in a few minutes. 9. There is a lot of light in the room. 10. Have you invited many guests?
7. Do you know many French words?
8. You have a lot of paper. Give me some please.

Exercise 7Translate into English.

1. We had many visitors today.
2. He earned little money and could not live in a big city.
3. My mother gave me many things to do, but I could only complete a few.
4. I have read many books on the subject.
5. Now there are few children at school, now holidays.
6. There are a lot of people in the park on Sundays.
7. Do you have a lot or a little work today?
8. There are a lot of people in the shops on Saturday.

Pronoun exercises MUCH and MANY

Box, honey, pen, friend, milk, book, fish, apple, car, bread, tea, potato, tree, butter, forest, coffee, tomato, sweet, meat, orange, ice, carrot, cheese.

2. Choose the correct ending of these sentences and translate them into Russian:

How … meat must dogs eat? (many, much, a lot of)

Horses must eat (much, many, a lot of) carrots.

Girls mustn't eat (much, many, a lot of) sweets.

Cats must eat (much, many, a lot of) milk.

How … vegetables must children eat? (much, many, a lot of)

Do the farmers eat (much, many, a lot of) eggs?

3. Insert gapsmuch ormany and translate the sentences into Russian:

…people want to see this play.

I don't drink … mineral water.

Hurry up! You haven't … time.

He hasn`t … friends in London.

Dima and I have … work to do today.

I haven't… apples.

They have … information about it.

PronounsLITTLE andFEW

1. Fill in the table, put countable nouns in the plural:

Song, head, milk, man, book, coffee, flower, bread, hen, house, corn, grandmother, ice, car, pen, name, money, lamp, work, dog, star, sweet, time, telephone, air, picture, cheese, vegetable.

2. Choose and insert the correct pronoun:Little orFew . Translate the sentences into Russian.

He has … friends.

I drink … green tea .

We must hurry. We have … time.

Misha has … English books .

The Smiths have … money. They aren't rich.

…bears are in the Zoo.

We have … light in the room, and I can`t read.

The children returned from the wood very sad because they found very … mushrooms.

3. Translate into English:

A little money, a little money, a few cars, a lot of cars, a few songs, a few songs, a little fun, a lot of fun, a few boys, a little water, a few people, a little water, a lot of air, a few cats, a little grass, a few books, a little work. , some salt, few eggs.

Many, much, little, a little, few, a few

Choose the correct answer.

She puts... sugar in her tea.

You should add ... oil to the potatoes.

We bought ... oranges in the shop.

Everyone needs ... luck.

Today we have ... lessons.

6. John needs ... sleep.

7. How ... did you play for your car?

8. Isn't there too ... furniture in her room?

9. Please, give me ... more minutes.

10. Jacob feels lonely as he has very ... friends.

Correct the errors if necessary.

Linda always listens to a little music before doing her lessons.

He has made little friends lately.

Sara has little opportunity to travel.

They had many fun at the party.

Only a little friends come to visit him in the hospital.

A few children under five can tell time correctly.

Could you bring me many more juice?

Leo has saved a few dollars this year.

She knows very few about animal life.

Ken likes to watch TV. He watches much TV programs.

Much / manyexercises

An exercise1. Insert much or many.

Do you drink _______coffee? I like reading. I read _________ books. We have _______ lessons of English this year. I can "t remember _______ from this text. Do you learn _______ new English words every day? We haven" t got ________ bread. I can "t spend ________ money on toys.

An exercise

They have too _______ furniture in the room. There are too _____ books on your desk. You have too _____ mistakes in the test. You must drink ______ coffee. You put too ______ vegetables in the soup. Must we learn _____ words for today? We have got _____ sandwiches.

An exercise3. Insert much or many.

They don't have ________ words to learn. There isn't ________ furniture in the room. There aren't ________ things in the wardrobe. There isn't ________ snow in the forest He has got I don't take ________ money to school. Do you need ________ money? There are ________ new houses in the street. There are not _______ shops in our street.

An exercise4. Insert much or many.

You can see ________ cars near the airport You mustn "t eat so ________ bananas You mustn" t drink so ______ coffee. He bought _______ furniture for his new flat. This work won't take ______ time. Have we got _______ apples for the children? I don't like _______ salt in the salad. My little sister speaks _________ that "s why we call her "a chatter box".

An exercise

We didn't take many food with us.

There are not much new subjects this year.

I haven't much free time today.

He doesn't do much written exercises every day.

We don't drink many coffees in our family.

There isn't much furniture in my room.

There wasn't many happiness in his face.

Many new ideas were discussed.

We have many lessons tomorrow.

I don't have many mistakes in this exercise.

Much / manyexercises (answers)

Exercise 1.Insert much or many.

Do you drink much coffee? I like reading. I read many books. We have many lessons of English this year. I can't remember much from this text. Do you learn many new English words every day? We haven't got much bread. I can't spend much money on toys

An exercise2. Choose the appropriate answer. Much or many?

They have too much furniture in the room. There are too many books on your desk. You have too many mistakes in the test. You must drink much coffee. You put too many vegetables in the soup. Must we learn many words for today? We have got many sandwiches.

An exercise3. Insert much or many.

They don't have many words to learn. There isn't much furniture in the room. There aren't many things in the wardrobe. There isn't much snow in the forest. Do you need much money? There are many new houses in the street. There are not many shops in our street.

An exercise4. Insert much or many.

You can see _______ cars near the airport. You mustn "t eat so _______ bananas You mustn" t drink so ______ coffee. He bought _______ furniture for his new flat. This work won't take ______ time. Have we got _______ apples for the children? I don't like _______ salt in the salad My little sister speaks _________ that's why we call her "a chatter box".

Exercise 4. - Many, - many, - much, - much, - much, - many, - much, - much

An exercise5. Find and correct mistakes if any.

We didn't take many food with us. There aren't much new subjects this year. I haven "t much free time today. He doesn't do much written exercises every day. We don "t drink many coffee in our family. There isn" t much furniture in my room There wasn't many happiness in his face. Not many new ideas were discussed. We shan "t have many lessons tomorrow. I won't have many mistakes in this exercise.

Exercise 5. 1 many - much, 2 much - many, 3 correct, 4 much - many, 5 many - much, 6 correct, 7 many - much, 8 correct, 9 much - many, 10 much - many

little / a few / a little / a fewexercises

An exercise. Insert little or few.

He has got _______ friends.

I drink ______ coffee. I don't like it.

We must hurry. We've got very _______ time.

The Smiths have ______ money. They aren't rich.

The theater was almost empty. There were very _______ people there.

There was ______ lemonade in the bottle.

I have _______ time, so I can't go with you.

He has _______ English books.

There is ______ juice in my glass.

There are ________ bears in the zoo.

Tom Canty was the son of poor parents and had very _______ clothes.

There is too _______ soup in my soup plate. Give me some more, please.

There was too _______ light in the room, and I could not read.

An exercise. Insert "a little" or "a few".

There is _____ milk in the bottle.

There are _______ tomatoes on the kitchen table. Make a salad!

Add ______ salt to the salad.

The fruitcake will be ready in ______ minutes.

I've got... time now and I can talk to you.

An exercise. Insert "much", "many", "little", "few", "a little", or "a few".

Have you got _____ money on you?

At the conference we met _____ people.

If you have _____ spare time, look through this book. You will find ______ stories there which are rather interesting.

There are ______ things here which I cannot understand.

Shall I bring _____ more chalk? - No, thank you. There is ____ chalk on the desk. I hope that will be enough for our lesson.

He had ____ English books at home, so he had to go to the library for more books.

She gave him _____ water to wash his hands and face.

Independent work:

Ex. 1. Find and correct mistakes if any. Translate the sentences

1. We didn't take many food with us.

2. There are not many new subjects this year.

3. I haven't much free time today.

4. He doesn't do much written exercises every day.

5. We don't drink many coffees in our family.

6. There isn't much furniture in my room.

Ex. 2. Insert "much", "many", "little", "few", "a little" or "a few". Translate the sentences

1. Have you got _____ money?

2. At the conference we met _____ people.

3. If you have _____ spare time, look through this book. You will find ______ stories there which are rather interesting.

4. There are ______ things here which I cannot understand.

5. Shall I bring _____ more chalk? - No, thank you. There is ____ chalk on the desk. I hope that will be enough for our lesson.

6. He had ____ English books at home, so he had to go to the library for more books.

7. She gave him _____ water to wash his hands and face.

Ex. 3. Find and correct mistakes if any. Translate the sentences

1. There wasn't many happiness in his face.

2. Many new ideas were discussed.

3. We have many lessons tomorrow.

4. I don't have many mistakes in this exercise.