2. Much, many, a lot of

Exercise 211 (**) Put in much or many.

1. Please don’t put __ pepper on the meat. 2. There were __ plates on the table. 3. I never eat __ bread with soup. 4. Why did you eat so __ ice-cream? 5. She wrote us __ letters from the country. 6. __ of these students don’t like to look up words in the dictionary. 7. __ in this work was too difficult for me. 8. __ of their answers were excellent. 9. __ of their conversation was about the institute. 10. There are __ new pictures in this room. 11. There are __ teachers at our school, and __ of them are women. 12. __ of these plays are quite new. 13. Thanks awfully for the books you sent me yesterday – Don’t mention it, it wasn’t __ bother. 14. __ of her advice was useful. 15. He had __ pairs of socks. 16. There are too __ buses in London. 17. I haven’t __ time for study. 18. Please, don’t make so __ noise. 19. Boris doesn’t know __ people in Moscow and hasn’t __ friends there. 20. I don’t like too __ butter on my bread.

Exercise 212 (***) Put in much, many or a lot of.

1. I know old Mr. Smith has _____ money. 2. There isn’t _____ space in this living room. 3. There aren’t _____ portraits of Shakespeare. 4. I must say, you have _____ books in your study. 5. Will there be ____ guests at your birthday party? 6. He didn’t say _____ about his trip to china. 7. _____ people have to use a car to travel to work. 8. Did you enjoy the show? – Not _____. 9. We’ve spent _____ money on the children’s education. 10. I was quite nervous as I didn’t have _____ time for that test.

The adverb

Exercise 213 (*) Choose the correct form of the words in italics.

1. He certainly has done good / well in his studies this year. 2. It is not good / well for you to smoke. 3. I was angry / angrily at what he did. 4. He stormed angry / angrily out of the room. 5. It isn’t bad / badly. 6. The child behaved very bad / badly at table. 7. He dreamed of acting brave / bravely in emergency. 8. He is a brave / bravely man. 9. This is quite clear / clearly. 10. I can see clear / clearly what you mean. 11. She looked at him cold / coldly. 12. The weather is cold / coldly today. 13. This is a comfortable / comfortably desk. 14. We like to travel comfortable / comfortably. 15. Let’s look at it from different / differently angles. 16. The two sisters always reacted different / differently. 17. He seems to be not very happy / happily about it. 18. They smiled happy / happily.

1. The Comparison of Adverbs

Exercise 214 (**) Open the brackets, give the comparative or superlative forms of the adverbs.

1. He like this dress (well) than the black one. 2. Now she visits them (frequently) than last year. 3. Which of all these books did you enjoy (much)? 4. Now I can hear you (clearly) than before. 5. You ought to have told me (much). 6. Who works (hard), Mike, Pete or Jack? 7. The fire was put out (quickly) than we expected. 8. He speaks English (fluently) of all in my class.

Exercise 215 (***) Give the correct forms of the adverbs in brackets.

1. The (hard) you work the (soon) you make progress. 2. Yesterday they finished work (late) than usual. 3. The woman said she had been treated (badly) than a slave. 4. The little girl sang far (well) than her sister. 5. The boy’s greatest ambition was to become a pilot and fly (high) and (fast) of all. 6. Now they live in our neighbourhood and visit us twice as (often). 7. I could see very far from my place but Ben climbed a tree and saw even (far) beyond the field. 8. I like this picture (well) of all. 9. I missed our walks together but those long evening conversations by the fireplace I missed (much) of all. 10. He stepped (close) and saw that they were playing with little kittens. 11. She translates twice as (fast) as the other students.