2. Используйте «much» или «many» для выражения «Сколько…?».

1. How … days?
2. How … sugar?
3. How … cigarettes?
4. How … work?
5. How … petrol?
6. How … children?
7. How … theatres?
8. How … juice?

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MUCH, MANY, A LOT OF

much, many

•  Местоимение much употребляется с неисчисляемыми существительными со значениеммного.

much work, much time, much energy

•  Местоимение many употребляется с исчисляемыми существительными со значением много.

many people, many friends, many questions

•  Much и many употребляются главным образом в вопросительных и отрицательныхпредложениях.

Hurry up, we haven’t got much time left. — Поторапливайся, у нас осталось мало времени.

Did you make many changes to the new edition of the book? — Вы внесли много изменений в новое издание книги?

•  Much и many употребляются в утвердительных предложениях в тех случаях, когда перед ними стоят слова very, too, so, as, how.

I spent too much time writing this report. — Я потратил слишком много времени на написание этого доклада.

There are so many questions I would like to ask her. — Я хотел бы задать ей так много вопросов.

a lot of 

В утвердительных предложениях вместо much и many, как правило,  употребляется a lot (of).

Much и many также можно использовать в утвердительных предложениях, но вариант a lot (of) гораздо более распространен.

I had a wonderful time at the conference, met a lot of people and learned a lot about Internet security. — Я замечательно провел время на конференции, познакомился со многими интересными людьми, и много узнал о безопасности в Интернете.

Exercise 6. Use the right form of the possessive pronoun

 She speaks English. — Her native language is English.


 1. He reads French perfectly. …native language is French. 2. We understand German extremely well. …native language is German. 3. I speak English fluently. …native language is English. 4. She writes Greek exceptionally well. …native language is Greek. 5. They speak Russian very well. …native language is Russian. 6. You understand Spanish perfectly. Is …native language Spanish? 7. John knows English well. …native language is English. 

Exercise 4. Use the right form of the verb

 1. She (read) French pretty well. 2. We (understand) Chinese a little. 3. You (speak) Italian very well. 4. He (know) Arabic extremely well. 5. Betty (understand) Greek. 6. They (write) Japanese very well. 7. I (know) a little Spanish. 8. Helen and George (speak) Portuguese fluently. 

Exercise 3. Make the sentences negative
 I am interested in football. — I am not interested in football.

1. It is warm today. 2. Rome is in Spain. 3. I am afraid of dogs. 4. My hands are cold. 5. He is hungry. 6. They are very happy today. 7. Her daughter is six years old. 8. Those flowers are beautiful. 9. His shoes are very dirty. 

Exercise 1. Put in «am», «is», «are»

1. This case … very heavy. 2. These cases … very heavy. 3. My brother and I … good tennis players. 4. She … at home but her children … at school. 5. I … a student. My sister … a doctor. 6. I … not tired. 7. The weather … very nice today. 8. This castle … one thousand years old. 

Exercise 12. Change the sentences to the Past Indefinite and the Past Continuous Tenses using corresponding time phrases I go to the cinema. — I went to the cinema yesterday. — I was going to the cinema when I met you. 


1. It often snows in winter. 2. George sometimes cooks himself. 3. It gets dark early now. 4. On Sundays we often go to the forest. 5. I play the piano. 6. Tom often skates not far from his house. 7. The children drink milk in the evening. 8. We usually swim in the river and bathe in the sun in summer. 9. We usually have dinner in the evening.