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

I.                   Choose the correct answer.

1.      She puts ... sugar in her tea.

A. many

B. few

C. little

2.      You shoud add ... oil to the potatoes.

A. little

B. many

C. few

3.      We bought ... oranges in the shop.

A. much

B. a little

C. a few

4.      Everyone needs ... luck.

A. a little

B. a few

C. many

5.      Today we have ... lessons.

A. many

B. few

C. much

6.John needs ... sleep.

A. many

B. much

C. a few

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

A. many

B. little

C. much

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

A. few

B. much

C. many

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

A. a few

B. a little

C. many

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

A. much

B. little

C. few

II.                Correct the errors if necessary.

1. Linda always listens to a little music before doing her lessons.
2. He has made little friends lately.
3. Sara has little opportunity to travel.
4. They had many fun at the party.
5. Only a little friends come to visit him in the hospital.
6. A few children under five can tell time correctly.
7. Could you bring me many more juice?
8. Leo has saved a few money this year.
9. She knows very few about animal life.
10. Ken likes to watch TV. He watches much TV programs.

III.             Translate the sentences.

1. В тексте было много новых слов.
2. Она дала им поесть немного хлеба.
3. Немного учеников говорят на английском языке так же хорошо как она.
4. На этой улице много старых домов.
5. Он не может купить эту машину сейчас: у него очень мало денег.
6. Анна не ест много хлеба с мясом.
7. Попроси Аню перевести текст. Она немного знает французский язык.
8. Вчера мы купили много книг.
9. Ты делаешь много ошибок в диктантах.
10. Мы должны спешить. У нас очень мало времени.

Ответы

I.                   1. C    2. A   3. C   4. A   5. A   6. B   7. C   8. B   9. A   10. C

II.                1. +   2. few   3. +   4. much   5. a few   6. +   7. a little   8. a little   9. little   10. many

III.             1. There were many new words in the text.

2. She gave them a little bread to eat.

3. A few pupils speak English as well as she does.

4. There are many old houses in this street.

5. He can’t buy this car now: he had very little money.

6. Anna doesn’t eat much bread with meat.

7. Ask Ann to help you to translate the text. She knows French a little.

8. We bought many books yesterday.

9. You make many mistakes in the dictations.

10. We must hurry. We’ve got very little time.