3.2. Неопределенные местоимения much /many /a lot /lots of /(a) few /(a) little

Неопределенные местоимения much / many / a lot / lots of, (a)few / (a)little выражают неопределенное количество и употребляются с исчисляемыми и неисчисляемыми существительными: pens, boys, cars, friends, money, milk, water, sugar, etc.

1. С исчисляемыми существительными употребляются:

Many (много): cars, books, friends в отрицательных (-) и вопросительных предложениях (?): e.g There aren’t many cars in the street. Are there many cars in the street?

How many? (Cколько?) в вопросительных предложениях (?): e.g. How many cars, friends, boys etc.

A few (несколько, немного) / few (мало) употребляются в утвердительных (+), отрицательных (-), вопросительных (?) предложениях: e.g. There are a few oranges left. There are so few old buildings in the town.

2. C неисчисляемыми существительными употребляются:

Much (много): milk, coffee, time отрицательных (-) и вопросительных предложениях (?): e.g. Is there much milk in the bottle? There isn’t much milk in the bottle.

How much? (Сколько?) в вопросительных предложениях (?): e.g. How much milk, money, etc.

A little (немного) / little (мало) употребляются в утвердительных (+), отрицательных (-), вопросительных (?) предложениях: e.g. They have a little money, so they aren’t poor. They have little money. They are poor.

3. C исчисляемыми и неисчисляемыми существительными употребляются:

A lot of / lots of (много): money, boys, milk, cars – в утвердительных предложениях (+): e.g. There are a lot of / lots of cars in the street. There is a lot of /lots of milk in the bottle.

	Исчисляемые существительные	Неисчисляемые существительные
утвердительные	a lot of / lots of	a lot of / lots of
вопросительные	many	much
отрицательные	many	much
утвердтительные	(a) few	(a) little

Exercise 4. Вставьте much или many.

1.How….much……wine? 2. How ……............ children? 3. How …………….. shops? 4. How …………….. pencils? 5. How ……………… water? 6. How ……………… jam? 7. How ……………… cars? 8. How …………… ... bread? 9. How …………...... apples?

10. How …………. glasses? 11. How …………. records? 12. How …………. money? 13. How ………… books? 14. How ………… tea? 15. How ………… cheese? 16. How ……….. honey? 17. How ……….. people? 18. How ……….. students?

Exercise 5. Закончите диалог. Вставьте much или many.

Aina: How much coffee do you drink a day?

Jesus: How ……. cups do I drink every day? I don’t drink ….. coffee. Maybe one cup in the mornig. That’s all. And you?

Aina: Same here. I don’t have …… hot drinks in a day. I prefer mineral water.

Jesus: Do you know ……… people here?

Aina: No, I don’t. I know only Philip and Yumi, but I haven’t spent ……. time here. Jesus, how …… classes do you have this afternoon?

Jesus: None. And I don’t have ……. homework, I’m free.

Aina: Me, too. Let’s go to the cinema.

Jesus: OK.

Exercise 6. Выберите правильный вариант ответа.

1. Have you got ….A……. friends?

A) many B) much C) a lot of

2. There are ………. people in the room.

A) much B) a little C) a lot of

3. How ………. oranges are there on the table?

A) many B) a few C) much

4. Can I have ………. sugar, please?

A) a few B) a little C) little

5. How ………. money has Fred got?

A) many B) little C) much

6. There are ……. monkeys at the Zoo.

A) much B) a few C) a little

7. There are …….. chairs in the room.

A) a little B) much C) a few

8. We are late. We have very ……… time!

A) little B) few C) many

Exercise 7. Вставьте a few, (a) little, much, many, a lot of.

1. Please don’t put ____ pepper in the meat.

2. There were ____ plates on the table.

3. Did she write you ____ letters from the country? – Yes, she wrote____.

4. He got a satisfactory mark. Only____ of his answers were correct.

5. I have ____ time, so I can’t go with you.

6. He didn’t have ____ English books at home so he had to go to the library for more books.

7. I don’t have ____ bags. Just ____ , perhaps one or two.

8. Do we have ____ chalk? – Yes, we have ____ chalk here.

9. Why did you eat so _______ meat?

10. They have _______ money, so they aren’t poor.

Exercise 8. В каждом предложении ошибка. Найдите и исправьте её.

1. I never eat many bread with soup.

2. Sorry. We have got a little potatoes in our fridge.

3. Pete does not have many money.

4. There is not much biscuits in the box.

5. I did not buy some coffee, because I thought we had some.

6. Would you like any tea in your coffee.

7. Bob always likes any sugar.

8. Close your eyes I have got anything for you.

9. Anybody left a book in the classroom yesterday.

10. John lives anywhere near London.